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#1 ·
A subject in whom the inulin clearance is 120ml/min, is administered a,drug whose clearance is 18ml/min. If drug is 40% plasma protein bound then what percentage of Filtered drug must be reabsorbed in the renal tubules?

A) none
B) 12.5
C) 25
D) 50
E) 75

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#2 ·
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ok, so inulin clearance is basically GFR.

GFR = 120 ml/min so 120 ml/min of plasma is being cleared from some substance by the kidneys. Protein-bound substances are NOT filtered so only 60% of that 120 ml of plasma contating that drug will be filtered, so 120 ml/min x .06 = 72 ml/min - and that's in theory.
BUT...
In practice we know from the stem that only 18ml/min is being cleared from that drug. So it means that some fraction of drug has been reabsorbed in the tubules.
so now we see that 72 ml/min has been cleared at the level of glomerulus but only 18 ml/min was actually cleared at the end of the tubule journey ;) 72 - 18 = 54 - that's the amount that has been reabsorbed. so now we calculate what fraction of initially cleared plasma is the reabsorbed amount.
54/72 = 75%.

so E) is the answer here.
 
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