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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Follow-Up for Acute Pyelonephritis Patients
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is increasingly used in clinical practice as the first diagnostic method in patients with suspected pyelonephritis rather than abdominal CT with contrast medium, especially in young subjects. We performed a retrospective analysis on patients in for whom a CEUS exa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10650446/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37958043 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212899 |
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author | Boccatonda, Andrea Venerato, Stefano D’Ardes, Damiano Cocco, Giulio Schiavone, Cosima Vicari, Susanna |
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description | Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is increasingly used in clinical practice as the first diagnostic method in patients with suspected pyelonephritis rather than abdominal CT with contrast medium, especially in young subjects. We performed a retrospective analysis on patients in for whom a CEUS examination was utilized as a follow-up method after acute pyelonephritis as normal clinical practice. Through evaluating all patients, in terms duration between CEUS examination and normalization (healing) of the renal disease, we found that the mean duration is 25.9 days. Our ultrasound findings did not induce any therapeutic modifications, not even in the cases in which the examination was repeated several times. Therefore, setting up a CEUS follow-up examination after 25 days from the first diagnosis can reduce the number of repeated tests, benefitting patients and the healthcare system in terms of reducing costs. |
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spelling | pubmed-106504462023-11-03 Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Follow-Up for Acute Pyelonephritis Patients Boccatonda, Andrea Venerato, Stefano D’Ardes, Damiano Cocco, Giulio Schiavone, Cosima Vicari, Susanna Healthcare (Basel) Communication Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is increasingly used in clinical practice as the first diagnostic method in patients with suspected pyelonephritis rather than abdominal CT with contrast medium, especially in young subjects. We performed a retrospective analysis on patients in for whom a CEUS examination was utilized as a follow-up method after acute pyelonephritis as normal clinical practice. Through evaluating all patients, in terms duration between CEUS examination and normalization (healing) of the renal disease, we found that the mean duration is 25.9 days. Our ultrasound findings did not induce any therapeutic modifications, not even in the cases in which the examination was repeated several times. Therefore, setting up a CEUS follow-up examination after 25 days from the first diagnosis can reduce the number of repeated tests, benefitting patients and the healthcare system in terms of reducing costs. MDPI 2023-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10650446/ /pubmed/37958043 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212899 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Boccatonda, Andrea Venerato, Stefano D’Ardes, Damiano Cocco, Giulio Schiavone, Cosima Vicari, Susanna Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Follow-Up for Acute Pyelonephritis Patients |
title | Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Follow-Up for Acute Pyelonephritis Patients |
title_full | Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Follow-Up for Acute Pyelonephritis Patients |
title_fullStr | Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Follow-Up for Acute Pyelonephritis Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Follow-Up for Acute Pyelonephritis Patients |
title_short | Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Follow-Up for Acute Pyelonephritis Patients |
title_sort | contrast-enhanced ultrasound follow-up for acute pyelonephritis patients |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10650446/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37958043 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212899 |
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