Emergency Doppler evaluation of the liver and kidneys

Michelle M McNamara; Mark E Lockhart; Michelle L Robbin

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2003.12.001

Emergency Doppler evaluation of the liver and kidneys

Radiol Clin North Am. 2004 Mar;42(2):397-415. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2003.12.001.

Authors

Michelle M McNamara¹, Mark E Lockhart, Michelle L Robbin

Affiliation

¹ Abdominal Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, JTN 353, Birmingham, AL 35249-6830, USA. mmcnamara@uabmc.edu

PMID: 15136024
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2003.12.001

Abstract

Doppler ultrasound is useful in the emergent evaluation of the liver and kidney transplant patient. Arterial stenosis, pseudoaneurysm, and venous thrombosis are treatable causes of allograft failure that can be detected easily with color and spectral Doppler. Doppler has a limited but important role in the emergent evaluation of the native liver and kidneys, usually involving prior biopsy or instrumentation.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Review

MeSH terms

Emergencies
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnostic imaging*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects
Kidney Transplantation / methods
Liver Failure / diagnostic imaging*
Liver Failure / surgery
Liver Transplantation / adverse effects
Liver Transplantation / methods
Male
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Risk Assessment
Sensitivity and Specificity
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / methods*