OBJECTIVE In order to establish some preliminary data of our population, we determined the ultrasonographic kidney dimensions in individuals without known renal disease. We assessed whether age, sex, side, body mass index (BMI) and presence or absence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension affect the renal size. METHODS Ultrasonographic kidney measurements were performed on 194 adult patients ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the presence of linear relationship between renal cortical thickness, bipolar length, and parenchymal thickness in chronic kidney disease patients presenting with different estimated glomerular filtration rates (GFRs) and to assess the reproducibility of these measurements using ultrasonography. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ultrasonography was performed in 54 chronic renal fai...

INTRODUCTION Randomized trials comparing invasive treatment of renal artery stenosis with standard pharmacotherapy did not show substantial benefit from revascularization. One of the potential reasons for that may be suboptimal procedure technique. AIM To compare renal stent sizing using two modalities: three-dimensional renal computed tomography angiography (CTA) versus conventional angiogra...

PURPOSE To correlate sonographic renal parenchymal measurements among patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) labeled society of fetal urology (SFU) hydronephrosis grades 1-4 and to examine whether sonographic renal parenchymal measurements could be used to differentiate conservative vs. surgical management. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective chart review and sonographic rena...

Unilateral post-obstructive azotemia clinically manifests as a progressive disease syndrome producing diverse irreversible derangements in renal dynamics. Renal dysfunction was assessed through experimental left ureteral ligation in dogs for 20 days. Sonographic changes in renal tissue, and hematological, biochemical, histopathological and urinalysis indices were evaluated on Day 0 and 1, 3, 5,...

Objective- To determine the possibility and reproducibility of three-dimensional ultrasonography (3DUS)and comparison of the achieved measurements to normal two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DCS)Design- Descriptive studyAnimals- 10 young mixed normal dogs, age 1.5-2.5 year, weighing 9.7-12 kg Procedure- Renal width, length, and depth measured in coron al and transverse sections. The measurement...

BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with a substantially increased risk of mortality for many hospitalized patients. It has been suggested that early initiation of renal replacement treatment has a favorable outcome in critically ill patients complicated with AKI. However, results of studies evaluating the effect of early initiation strategy of renal replacement treatment on AKI ...

Introduction: Ultrasonographic assessment of renal size in newborns is important for diagnosis of renal disease in neonatal period. It is well known that changes in renal dimensions may precede kidney echotexture changes in certain renal pathologies. The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review to evaluate kidney dimensions in premature and full term newborns. Method: We search all E...

BACKGROUND Clinical trials with N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in perioperative cardiovascular settings have shown inconsistent effects for renal endpoints. We aimed to systematically review these trials to ascertain its role in prevention of post-cardiovascular surgery acute renal failure. METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Renal Health Library, and Google Scholar for randomized controlle...

OBJECTIVE It is widely accepted that, when feasible, nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) is preferable to radical nephrectomy (RN) for treatment of renal tumors in adults. However, RN is more frequently used in children. We sought to compare in-hospital outcomes after NSS and RN for malignant pediatric renal tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS The pediatric health information system (PHIS) combines data f...