This week's Topic: Renal US – Diagnosis / clinical utility of hydronephrosis and twinkle artifact
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Articles for Discussion are listed below with the PDFs attached to this email.
Extra Content can be found below in the green text for anyone wanting to dive into the topic further.
Article 1
Bedside US and the Assessment of Renal Colic: A Review – Emergency Medicine Journal (2013)
Article 2
The Ability of Renal US and Ureteral Jet Evaluation to Predict 30-day Outcomes in Patients with Suspected Nephrolithiasis – American Journal of Emergency Medicine (2015)
Article 3
Emergency Physician Interpretation of POCUS for Identifying and Grading of Hydronephrosis in Renal Colic Compared with Consensus Interpretation by EM Radiologists – Academic Emergency Medicine (2018)
Article 4
Clinical Significance of Twinkling Artifact in the Diagnosis of Urinary Stones – Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (2019)
Fellows and rotators please supplement reading with Ma and Mateers EM US Chapter 13 (Renal)
*** EXTRAS ****
5 Min Sono (How to video on hydronephrosis)
Ultrasound GEL: Breakdown of Article 3 with Podcast
5 Min Sono (How to video on bladder volume measurement)
POCUS 101 – Abdominal Ultrasound (awesome guide to renal US)
The POCUS Atlas – (Great image library of normal / abnormal scans, link is to renal section)
Article-3_AEM-2018-Pathan-Emergency-Physician-Interpretation-of-PointE28090ofE28090care-Ultrasound-for.pdf