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Acute kidney injury echocardiography and ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Findings on an ultrasound suggestive of acute kidney injury due to obstruction, hydronephrosis, enlarged kidneys, hyperechoic kidneys and thick and echogenic cortices.
Echocardiography/Ultrasound
Echocardiography/Ultrasound
- Ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of acute kidney injury. Findings on an ultrasound suggestive of acute kidney injury due to obstruction include:[1][2][3]
- Hydronephrosis
- Enlarged kidneys
- Hyperechoic kidneys
- Thick and echogenic cortices
- Hypodense band surrounding the kidney in acute cortical necrosis
References
References
- ↑ Licurse, Adam; Kim, Michael C.; Dziura, James; Forman, Howard P.; Formica, Richard N.; Makarov, Danil V.; Parikh, Chirag R.; Gross, Cary P. (2010). “Renal Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Acute Kidney Injury”. Archives of Internal Medicine. 170 (21). doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2010.419. ISSN 0003-9926.
- ↑ Kalantarinia K (December 2009). “Novel imaging techniques in acute kidney injury”. Curr Drug Targets. 10 (12): 1184–9. PMC 2891573. PMID 19715540.
- ↑ Ozmen CA, Akin D, Bilek SU, Bayrak AH, Senturk S, Nazaroglu H (July 2010). “Ultrasound as a diagnostic tool to differentiate acute from chronic renal failure”. Clin. Nephrol. 74 (1): 46–52. PMID 20557866.
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