The role of ultrasound in renal insufficiency: The essentials

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-244

  Khati, Nadia J ^a   Hill, Michael C ^a   Kimmel, Paul L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute glomerulonephritis; Adult type polycystic kidney disease; Hydronephrosis; Medical renal disease; Nonobstructive pelvocaliectasis; Renal artery thrombosis; Renal failure; Renal vein thrombosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY SIZE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; UREMIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; MALE; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33644875998     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000186666.61037.f6     Document Type: Review

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