The Relationship of the Renal Excretion of Adrenal

Measurements of urinary adrenal corticoid excretions have been widely used for the evaluation of adrenal hormone production and degradation. The possibility that renal dysfunction may alter the urinary excretion of these substances is generally ignored. The present study was done in experimental animals in which controlled acute unilateral alterations of renal hemodynamics were produced during periods of hormone administration. The results indicate that alterations in renal hemodynamics are associated with definite changes in urinary corticoid excretion.