[Viability testing during preservation of dog kidneys with an albumin-containing perfusion solution]

In models experiments on kidneys of dogs the prognostic significance of hydrodynamic, metabolic and enzymatic parameters in the machine preservation with an oxygenated-albumin-containing solution was tested. While the hydrodynamic and metabolic measuring values did not give a clear reference to different ischaemic restrictions of the functional capacity after autotransplantation, the activities of lactate dehydrogenase and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamidase in the perfusate proved to be suitable criteria of vitality. In this case the determination of lactate dehydrogenase is to be preferred on account of the smaller methodical expenditure.