Point-of-care Ultrasound for Acute Kidney Injury

Mehmet Ali Aslaner130 enrolled

Overview

It is aimed to determine prerenal, renal and postrenal diagnoses of patients with acute kidney injury with POCUS performed in the emergency department. Patients who presented to the emergency department and who have acute kidney injury (AKI) according to the KDIGO criteria will be evaluated and patients diagnosed with AKI will be included in the study. The diagnostic accuracy of POCUS with the AKI etiologies of the patients will be evaluated.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

130

Conditions

Acute Kidney Injury

Interventions

UltrasonographyDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point-of-care ultrasound: 1. Kidney length and echogenity, 2. Bladder scanning 3. VCI measures 4. Lung B lines and effusion 5. Cardiac measurements; EF, TAPSE, TR Vmax, Diameters, LV filling pressures

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: • AKI diagnosis according to KDIGO criteria Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with end stage renal failure, * Failure to perform POCUS in the first two hours of presentation of patient, * Those with renal malignancy, * Pregnant women, * Renal transplantation patients, * Patients with a single kidney, * Those with polycystic kidney disease, * Patients with nephrostomy, * Patients who are referred from another center, * Unable to perform adequate imaging, * Patients who do not give consent for the study will be excluded.

Locations (1)

Gazi University Facaulty of Medicine

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The diagnostic accuracy of POCUS in the patients with AKI

Time frame: One year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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