I am a board certified Nephrologist and specialist in clinical hypertension. I am a clinician educator interested in point of care ultrasonography (POCUS). This blog is primarily to gather all the POCUS images I posted on Twitter (@NephroP) and to share interesting stories and articles related to POCUS.
Identification of gross discrepancies in chamber size is one of the core competencies of focused cardiac ultrasound. In the parasternal long axis (PLAX) view, right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), aorta […]
A patient with a history of chronic kidney disease and nephrolithiasis is seen in the clinic for follow up. Last available serum creatinine is relatively stable compared to baseline. Resident […]
As fluid accumulates in the dependent zones, we normally look for pleural effusion just above the diaphragm aiming the ultrasound beam posteriorly. We have previously talked about the spine sign […]
An elderly patient on hemodialysis presents with worsening shortness of breath. His blood pressure at presentation is 195/110 mmHg. He did not miss any dialysis sessions but says that he […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brief lectures on the importance of venous congestion, Doppler flow patterns, clinical indications of VExUS and technique followed by Q&A session.
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 […]
