ArticleClinical medicine (London, England)2020
Point-of-care ultrasound rapidly and reliably diagnoses renal tract obstruction in patients admitted with acute kidney injury.
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- Imaging of Medical Patients with Acute Kidney Injury: Patterns of Ultrasound Use and the Role of Point-of-care Ultrasound at a Tertiary Care Center.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
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- Development and Evaluation of a Kidney Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Program for Nephrology Fellows: A Quality Improvement Study.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025Article
- Back to bedside: Renal point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) by internal medicine resident physicians for identification of hydronephrosis in patients with acute kidney injury.Qatar medical journal · 2025Article
- Renal and Genitourinary Ultrasound Evaluation in Emergency and Critical Care: An Overview.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Test characteristics of point-of-care ultrasonography in patients with acute kidney injury.The ultrasound journal · 2024Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound Usage and accuracy within a Canadian urology division.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2024Article
- Transcending boundaries: Unleashing the potential of multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound in acute kidney injury.World journal of nephrology · 2023Review
- Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Internal Medicine: Limitations and Pitfalls for Novice Users.Cureus · 2023Review
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use in Nephrology: A Survey of Nephrology Program Directors, Fellows, and Fellowship Graduates.Kidney medicine · 2023Article
- Predictive Value of the Transthoracic Echocardiography Index for Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Valve Surgery.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Article
- The Benefits and Barriers of Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Primary Healthcare in the United States.Cureus · 2022Review
- Doing what's necessary becomes doing what is possible.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2022Article
- Acute Kidney Injury in the Patient with Cancer.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Rarely pure and never simple: interpreting investigation results in the clinical context.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2020Article
- Time to FOCUS - 'Palliative Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound'.Indian journal of palliative careReview
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Abstract
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly being used in the management of the acutely unwell patient. Its role in the breathless and shocked patient is well established, but less so for those patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). This local quality improvement project looked at the diagnostic accuracy of a protocolised POCUS versus departmental ultrasound. It provides the first data within the internal medicine setting to suggest that POCUS can rapidly and reliably diagnose renal tract obstruction, showing a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 100%. Additionally, negative predictive value was 99% suggesting it is a tool which can reduce the need for departmental ultrasound. More work is needed to see if this data is generalisable to other internal medicine settings, and to assess potential outcomes on patient management and length of stay.
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