I am a nephrologist and hypertension specialist. As a clinician educator, I focus on point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS), with a particular emphasis on Doppler-assisted hemodynamic assessment. The inception of this blog was aimed at compiling all the POCUS images I shared on Twitter (@NephroP), along with sharing interesting cases and articles related to POCUS. I'm thrilled to see it grow organically, driven by the increasing interest in POCUS across multiple specialties.
PubMed link to my publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=abhilash+koratala&sort=date
Here are images from a dialysis patient with pericardial effusion demonstrating echocardiographic signs of tamponade. Please go through this post on Renal Fellow Network for detailed description. Repeat images obtained […]
I recently shared an image on Twitter, asking viewers to identify whether the pulsating vessel was the internal jugular (IJ) vein or the carotid artery. Out of the 902 respondents, […]
Before using a newly inserted central venous catheter or dialysis catheter, we generally obtain a chest radiograph. However, in acute care settings, we can employ a rapid atrial swirl sign […]
You are performing physical examination (POCUS) on a mechanically ventilated patient with heart failure. Unfortunately, you are not able to get adequate cardiac views from parasternal and apical windows. Not […]
It is well-recognized that a dilated IVC in endurance athletes is a physiologic adaptation to repeated, intermittent volume loading and does not reflect an increased right atrial pressure. Interestingly, in […]
When performing kidney ultrasound, we emphasize on fanning through the entire organ (anteroposterior in the long axis and superoinferior in the transverse axis) so that small lesions such as cysts […]
Above finding was incidentally noted while performing physical examination (POCUS) in a patient with heart failure and acute kidney injury. Note the thin mobile hyperechoic structure arising from the anterior […]
Identification of pleural effusions is one of the basic applications of Internal Medicine and Nephro POCUS. As previously discussed, pleural fluid appears as an anechoic area above the diaphragm surrounding […]
In nephrology practice, acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with cirrhosis often poses a diagnostic challenge owing to multitude of etiologic possibilities and overlapping presentations. Most such patients end up […]
An elderly gentleman was seen in the nephrology clinic for acute kidney injury (AKI) on underlying chronic kidney disease stage III. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 18 ml/min at […]
