Point-of-care Ultrasound for Acute Kidney Injury
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
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.
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Study Design
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- The diagnostic accuracy of POCUS in the patients with AKI [One year]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
• AKI diagnosis according to KDIGO criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
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Patients with end stage renal failure,
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Failure to perform POCUS in the first two hours of presentation of patient,
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Those with renal malignancy,
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Pregnant women,
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Renal transplantation patients,
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Patients with a single kidney,
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Those with polycystic kidney disease,
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Patients with nephrostomy,
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Patients who are referred from another center,
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Unable to perform adequate imaging,
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Patients who do not give consent for the study will be excluded.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Gazi University Facaulty of Medicine | Ankara | Turkey |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Mehmet Ali Aslaner
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mehmet Aslaner, MD, Gazi University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- GaziU-2