Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis

Pyonephrosis is a rare purulent infection of the upper urinary tract, which can lead to rapid clinical deterioration. While contrast‐enhanced CT scan is a sensitive test, point‐of‐care renal sonography can serve as a quick and valuable bedside tool for diagnosis, especially when iodinated contrast u...

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Autores principales: Kamboj, Mayanka, Lee Loy, Justin, Koratala, Abhilash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5985999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29881590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1512
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description Pyonephrosis is a rare purulent infection of the upper urinary tract, which can lead to rapid clinical deterioration. While contrast‐enhanced CT scan is a sensitive test, point‐of‐care renal sonography can serve as a quick and valuable bedside tool for diagnosis, especially when iodinated contrast use is contraindicated.
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spelling pubmed-59859992018-06-07 Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis Kamboj, Mayanka Lee Loy, Justin Koratala, Abhilash Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Pyonephrosis is a rare purulent infection of the upper urinary tract, which can lead to rapid clinical deterioration. While contrast‐enhanced CT scan is a sensitive test, point‐of‐care renal sonography can serve as a quick and valuable bedside tool for diagnosis, especially when iodinated contrast use is contraindicated. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5985999/ /pubmed/29881590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1512 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis
title Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis
title_full Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis
title_fullStr Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis
title_full_unstemmed Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis
title_short Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis
title_sort renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5985999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29881590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1512
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