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Eliciting renal tenderness by sonopalpation in diagnosing acute pyelonephritis

Diagnosing acute pyelonephritis relies on the combination of historical, physical, and laboratory findings. Costovertebral angle tenderness is important, although its accuracy is unknown. Point-of-care ultrasound-guided palpation (sonopalpation) may aid clinicians in localizing pain to discrete anat...

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Autores principales: Faust, Jeremy S., Tsung, James W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28050884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-016-0056-6