BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that a higher resistive index (RI) on renal duplex ultrasonography was related with renal progression and acute kidney injury, especially in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) using an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor antagonist (ARB). We evaluated whether a RI value is a predictive factor for renal progression...

Ultrasonography is an accurate and accessible method for detecting polycystic kidney disease (PKD), an inherited autosomal dominant disease, and other urinary tract diseases. The present work is a preliminary study of PKD and urinary tract abnormalities using ultrasonography in Persian and other long hair cats in Iran. This study was conducted on 83 cats including 68 Persian cats and 15 Persian...

abstract pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a rare, hereditary, multisystemic disease affecting the skin, eye, and cardiovascular system. renal involvement is uncommon. we describe two cases of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe) in two women with distinctive skin lesions and nephrocalcinosis that renal ultrasonography showed a characteristic pattern of dotted increased echogenicity in the corticomedullary...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Nephrolithiasis (LIT) is more prevalent in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) than in the general population. Renal ultrasonography may underdetect renal stones because of difficulties imposed by parenchymal and/or cyst wall calcifications. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS A total of 125 patients with ADPKD underwent ultra...

To determine the incidence of silent renal anomalies in infants with isolated single umbilical artery (SUA), all infants with SUA and without other obvious congenital anomalies, identified over a six year period, were screened using renal ultrasonography. Over 35,000 placentas were examined. An isolated single umbilical artery was identified in 112 (0.32%). Nineteen infants had abnormal renal i...

Background: Variation in Renal restive index (RI) values measured using duplex Doppler ultrasonography has been shown to correlate with the degree of renal impairment in acute renal obstruction ,diabetic and hypertensive nephropathy patients. Aims and objectives: The primary objective of this study was to determine whether the intrarenal resistive index can be used as a predictor of progression...

As judged by the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria, renal Doppler ultrasonography is the most appropriate imaging test in the evaluation of AKI and has the highest level of recommendation. Unfortunately, nephrologists are rarely specifically trained in ultrasonography technique and interpretation, and important clinical information obtained from renal ultrasonography may no...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether ultrasonography alone is adequate for routine screening of childhood urinary infection, whether clinical features determine the need for further investigations, and which investigations are most appropriate. DESIGN Prospective survey of children with proved urinary infection and a preinvestigation record of clinical features. Ultrasonography and intravenous urogra...

  Abstract   Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a rare, hereditary, multisystemic disease affecting   the skin, eye, and cardiovascular system. Renal involvement is uncommon.   We describe two cases of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) in two women with   distinctive skin lesions and nephrocalcinosis that renal ultrasonography showed a   characteristic pattern of dotted increased echogenicity in the cort...