Procedure Guideline for Diuretic Renography in Children 3.0

Procedure guideline for diuretic renography in children 3.0.

1St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; 2Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona; 3Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York; 4Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 5Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC; 6Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; 7University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; 8...

Comparison Between Diuretic Urography (IVP) and Diuretic Renography for Diagnosis of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction in Children

BACKGROUND Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is one of the most common causes of urinary tract obstruction in children. Several methods are used to diagnose upper urinary tract obstruction including renal ultrasonography (US), intravenous pyelogram (IVP), diuretic renography (DR), magnetic resonance urography (MRU) and antegrade or retrograde pyelography. Nowadays it is suggested to use...

Evaluation of neonatal hydronephrosis with diuretic renography

  The common use of maternal ultrasonography has increased the apparent incidence of neonatal hydronephrosis. Many of these cases are found to have partial obstruction at the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ). These patients are safely managed in our institution with careful observation and only occasionally require surgical intervention. The authors present two contrastin...

Diagnostic value of diuretic renography in the study of obstructive uropathy in nuclear medicine [Persian]

  Introduction: Urinary obstructive disease is one of the most common disorders in urinary system. Dilatation which is detected by sonography, is a key finding in obstruction in most of the cases, also could be found following surgery, lithotripsy and vesico–urethral reflux. Radioistope diuretic washout renography is a useful method to differentiate mechanical and non...

Tracking the natural history of infantile hydronephrosis with diuretic renography.