Ultrasonography-guided treatment of acute kidney injury in children / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Acute kidney injury(AKI)is a syndrome with many different causes and can occur at different stages throughout critical illness.Renal Doppler ultrasonography is the most appropriate imaging test in the evaluation of AKI and has the highest level of recommendation (1)assessment of intrinsic causes of AKI, (2)distinguishing acute from chronic kidney diseases, (3)detection of the causes of obstruction.The resistive index in patients with AKI will be reviewed with attention to its use for predicting the development and prognosis of AKI.Meanwhile, combined application of cardiopulmonary ultrasound and evaluation of hemodynamics are helpful to evaluate the etiology, supervision and guiding treatment of AKI.