Is there any means by which the effi­ciency of the kidneys may be determined?

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Renal Efficiency

Q. Is there any means by which the effi­ciency of the kidneys may be determined?

A. Normally the kidneys are able to do more than twice as much work as is needed to main­tain life. Many persons have been able to live for years after the removal of one kidney. When the kidneys are diseased it is highly important to know if possible to what extent the disease has destroyed the kidney. This information may be obtained by a renal efficiency test.

By means of recent discoveries it is now possible to determine with very great accuracy the efficiency of the kidneys, thus making it possible to judge of the degree to which the kidneys have been disabled by disease. This examination is of very great importance not only as an aid to prognosis but especially in surgical cases as a means of determining the ability of a patient to bear the administration of an anesthetic and of selecting the anesthetic to be used.

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