The Renal Ultrasound in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 13, Issue 7
Abstract
Aims: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is seen in 15% of hospitalized patients and a renal ultrasound (RUS) is often ordered to exclude an obstructive cause in the initial evaluation of AKI. This study was done to evaluate the usefulness of a RUS in patients with AKI in a developing country. Methods: This was a retrospective study on all patients who were referred to nephrology with AKI and had a RUS, over a one-year period at a tertiary care teaching hospital of Karachi, Pakistan. The patients’ charts were reviewed for clinical characteristics and the RUS findings were documented. Results: A significant number of patients did not have documented risk factors for obstruction based on the medical history. Hydronephrosis was found in 22.5% (25 out of 111) of patients, and in 14 of these cases, the etiology of the acute kidney injury was found to be obstructive uropathy. The presence of nephrolithiasis and/or benign prostatic hypertrophy was associated with and increased likelihood of finding hydronephrosis on RUS. Conclusions: We thus recommend doing a renal ultrasound in all cases of AKI due to the fact that most of the time in a developing country, an accurate history is not available, and the prevalence of stone disease and obstructive uropathy is high.
Authors and Affiliations
Mahvesh K. Mahmud, Waseem Mehmood Nizamani, Nida Hussain, Zarak Iqbal Samoo, Wahaaj Ali Khan, Farah Ahmad, Syed Hasan Danish
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