ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2020
Clinical utility of ultrasonographic evaluation in acute kidney injury.
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- Automated CT segmentation of kidneys successfully quantifies changes in total kidney volume in ICU patients, a retrospective cohort study.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Current applications and research trends of ultrasound examination in acute kidney injury assessment: a bibliometric analysis.International urology and nephrology · 2025Article
- Diagnostic value of multi-parameter ultrasound evaluation in sepsis complicated by acute kidney injury.Renal failure · 2024Article
- Renal and Genitourinary Ultrasound Evaluation in Emergency and Critical Care: An Overview.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Point-of-Care Kidney and Genitourinary Ultrasound in Adults: Image Acquisition.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2024Article
- Risk stratification framework to improve the utility of renal ultrasound in acute kidney injury.SA journal of radiology · 2024Article
- Ultrasonography in Acute Kidney Injury.POCUS journal · 2022Review
- Clinical and experimental approaches for imaging of acute kidney injury.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to evaluate ultrasonography (US) in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) and the association of US findings with its clinical characteristics.
methodsThis single-center retrospective study evaluated US in AKI patients. A healthy control group was matched by sex and age at a ratio of 2:1 with the AKI group. The US characteristics were compared between the two groups.
resultsThe US characteristics of 111 patients with AKI were evaluated. Compared with the control group, AKI patients had greater kidney length and kidney volume (P<0.05). Patients with AKI also displayed thicker parenchyma than those in the control group, but only the difference in the right kidney was found to be significant. Of the 111 AKI patients, 38 had positive US findings including increased parenchymal echogenicity, increased renal resistance index (RRI), and hydronephrosis, while only 5 patients had increased RRI. The cause of AKI was attributed to obstructive nephropathy in eight patients.
conclusionsAlthough US evaluation indicated that most of the patients with AKI were "normal ultrasound imaging", abnormal findings beyond obstructive nephropathy were still detected in some cases. Aside from its ability to exclude obstructive nephropathy, US evaluation might hold further value. It was found that the kidney size of AKI patients is significantly larger than that of healthy controls. Kidney size combined with other ultrasound indicators could hold potential for the evaluation of AKI. KEYWORDS: Acute kidney injury (AKI); ultrasonography (US); clinical characteristics; parenchymal echogenicity; renal resistance index (RRI).
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