Table 3 Renal ultrasound results for acute kidney injury
From: Clinical utility of gray scale renal ultrasound in acute kidney injury
(n= 810) | |
|---|---|
No abnormalities | 500 (61.7) |
Hydronephrosis | 42 (5.2) |
Unilateral | 21 (2.6) |
Bilateral | 21 (2.6) |
Nephrolithiasis | 19 (2.3) |
Obstructive | 1 (0.1) |
Non-obstructive | 17 (2.1) |
Staghorn | 1 (0.1) |
Renal parenchymal abnormality (not echogenicity) | 49 (6.0) |
Increased renal parenchymal echogenicity | 320 (39.5) |
Anatomic urinary tract abnormality | 8 (1.0) |
Simple cysts | 101 (12.5) |
Complex cysts | 7 (0.9) |
Renal mass | 9 (0.9) |
Mass of GU tract | 1 (0.1) |
Other abdominal mass | 2 (0.2) |
Renal enlargement | 6 (0.7) |
Renal atrophy or cortical thinning | 25 (3.1) |
Absence of kidney (whole or partial, congenital or acquired) | 13 (1.6) |
Pelvic kidney | 0 (0) |
Horseshoe kidney | 1 (0.1) |