Table 2 Effects of low-dose dopamine on renal plasma flow (RPF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in healthy volunteers and patients, as assessed by clearance techniques
Author [ref] | Year | Patients | RPF | GFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ter Wee [51] | 1986 | Volunteers | Increase | Increase |
Schoors [52] | 1990 | Volunteers | Increase | No effect |
Olsen [53] | 1993 | Volunteers | Increase | No effect |
Olsen [54] | 1993 | Volunteers | Increase | Increase |
Olsen [55] | 1994 | Volunteers | Increase | No effect |
Richer [56] | 1996 | Volunteers | Increase | No effect |
McDonald [57] | 1964 | Heart failure | Increase | Increase |
Rosenblum [58] | 1972 | Heart failure | Increase | Increase |
Schwartz [59] | 1988 | Vascular surgery | Increase | Increase |
Graves [60] | 1993 | Burn injury | Increase | No effect |
Ungar [61] | 2004 | Heart failure | Increase | Increase |
Redfors [23] | 2010 | Cardiac surgery | Increase | No effect |