Pelvic Kidney
A middle-aged patient was seen in the nephrology clinic for evaluation of chronic kidney disease. No prior imaging was available. Patient was asymptomatic and there was no significant renal-related history […]
Aortic valve lesion in a dialysis patient
A pleasant elderly patient on dialysis presented with fever, chills, and dizziness. No obvious signs of dialysis access infection but found to have gram positive bacteremia. Following are the focused […]
Dialysis patient with fever and shortness of breath
We have previously discussed about the echocardiographic features of valvular vegetations. Now let us see an illustrative case. A middle-aged dialysis patient presented with shortness of breath and fever. No […]
The subcostal bicaval view
We are familiar with the subcostal 4 chamber and inferior vena cava (IVC) views. There is also something called subcostal bicaval view, where you can visualize both IVC and the […]
Kosmos panel discussion on VExUS
Brief lectures on the importance of venous congestion, Doppler flow patterns, clinical indications of VExUS and technique followed by Q&A session.
Lung ultrasound findings in diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
When evaluating a patient with acute glomerulonephritis, pulmonary-renal syndrome (PRS) is often on the differentials. PRS is used to describe a life-threatening condition characterized by the combination of rapidly progressive […]
Venous congestion (#VExUS) panel discussion
Register here for a multi-specialty panel discussion on VExUS organized by Kosmos handheld ultrasound. Dr. Jones is an emergency medicine physician and a well-known POCUS educator; Dr. Rola is an […]
‘Pump Pipes Leaks’ model of fluid status assessment by the nephrologist
Fluid status assessment is very complex and currently, there is no gold standard to do this at the bedside. Over-reliance on a single parameter, whether a an element of history […]
Shivering anterior mitral valve leaflet on M-mode
We previously discussed about the mitral valve M-mode in PLAX view and E-point septal separation (EPSS). EPSS is the distance between peak of the E-wave (early diastolic wave) of the […]
Two young patients with increased renal cortical echogenicity
We previously discussed that not all increased cortical echogenicity is chronic kidney disease (CKD). Here are two more illustrative cases. A young woman with a history of systemic lupus nephritis […]