Acute kidney injury echocardiography and ultrasound
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]
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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