Association between kidney intracapsular pressure and ultrasound elastography

Kidney congestion is a common pathophysiologic pathway of acute kidney injury (AKI) in sepsis and heart failure. There is no noninvasive tool to measure kidney intracapsular pressure (KIP) directly.

Source: Critical Care - October 19, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Kianoush B. Kashani, Shennen A. Mao, Sami Safadi, Bruce P. Amiot, Jaime M. Glorioso, John C. Lieske, Scott L. Nyberg and Xiaoming Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research