Point-of-care ultrasound for the early diagnosis of emphysematous pyelonephritis: A case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare but fatal necrotic infection of the kidney, which usually leads to septic shock. Therefore, early diagnosis and optimized therapy are of paramount importance. In the past two decades, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been widely used in cl...

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Autores principales: Xing, Zhou-Xiong, Yang, Hang, Zhang, Wen, Wang, Yu, Wang, Chang-Sheng, Chen, Tao, Chen, Hua-Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8040185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889624
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i11.2584

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8040185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889624
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i11.2584

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