Acute Kidney Injury
Conditions
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.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTUltrasonography
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
Sponsors
Mehmet Ali Aslaner
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The diagnostic accuracy of POCUS in the patients with AKI | One year |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed