Pediatric Renal Ultrasound

Kidney ultrasound is a safe and painless test in which sound waves are used to obtain images of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder.

Doctors may order kidney ultrasounds when they suspect kidney or bladder problems.

Renal ultrasound can show the size of the kidneys, signs of kidney damage, abnormalities present from birth, the presence of kidney stones or obstructions, complications from a urinary tract infection, cysts, tumors, etc.

INDICATIONS:
- PRENATAL SKIN ECTASIA: Post-hospital controls of mild ectasia (anteroposterior diameter of the renal pelvis greater than 7mm and less than 10mm without dilation of the calyces, in the 3rd trimester prenatal checkup)

- Detection of KIDNEY MALFORMATIONS associated with: Malformations of the pinna, it is only recommended when associated with other malformations, a family history of deafness or gestational diabetes.
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BROTHERS AND CHILDREN OF PATIENTS WITH VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX.

URINARY INFECTION (UTI):
- Recurrent UTI at any age.
- Febrile UTI at any age. .
- Affebrile or lower tract UTI in patients with risk factors: urinary flow
low, low urinary concentrating capacity, microorganism other than
E.Colli, gross hematuria, low weight gain, symptoms of
lower urinary tract dysfunction (bladder dysfunction)

- Inside the PROTEINURIA study

- Persistent symptoms of OBSTRUCTIVE LOWER URINARY TRACT OR
IRRITATIVE.

- Inside the HEMATURIA study

- FAMILY STUDIES of patients with hereditary kidney disease
(depending on the disease requires high resolution techniques)

- NEPHRITIC COLIC, HYPERCALCIURIA (if there is suspicion of nephrocalcinosis
requires high resolution imaging tests).

- Recurrent ABDOMINAL PAIN (within full abdominal ultrasound)

- Study of ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (within the complete abdominal ultrasound and of the great vessels).