Predictive role of duplex Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute renal obstruction in patients with unilateralrenal colic

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 680-686

  Granata, Antonio ^a,c   Andrulli, S ^b   Bigi, M Q ^b   Pozzoni, P ^b   Fiorini, F ^c   Logias, F ^c   Figuera, M ^a   Basile, A ^a   Fiore, C E ^a  

^a Vittorio Emanuele Policlinico Hospital   (Italy)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ASUL 1 San Remo ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute renal coli; Acute renal obstruction; Doppler ultrasonography; Nephrolithiasis; Resistive index

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PREDICTION; RESISTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STONE FORMATION; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROLITHIASIS; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLIC; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STONE; UROGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL CIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 67651009369     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP71680     Document Type: Article

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