CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE OF THE URINARY OXYGEN-TENSION IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC-HEART-DISEASE

The clinical significance of the urinary oxygen tension (PuO2) was eva luated in 60 patients with ischemic heart disease, The PuO2 had fair r elations to cardiac index and serum creatinine level (r = 0.73 and r = 0.73, respectively). Although the PuO2 had a fair relation to serum c reatinine in patients with a low cardiac index, there was no relation to the cardiac index, In patients with increases in PuO2 from day 1 to day 2, the cardiac index increased, and the serum creatinine level de creased on the 2nd day, whereas a sustained decrease in cardiac index and an increase in serum creatinine were observed in patients with a d ecrease in PuO2 from day 1 to day 2. Thus, PuO2 can be used as an indi cator of the renal function in patients with ischemic heart disease.