Increased echogenicity, where kidney tissue appears brighter than normal on the ultrasound image, indicates scarring and chronic changes. Doppler capability additionally evaluates blood flow ...

Most of these trials have several confounding variables -- i.e, serum creatinine, renal blood flow, and urine volume -- that limit the applicability of the results. Although low-dose dopamine has ...

Yale researchers have built a 3D-bioprinted synthetic aorta that they have successfully implanted into rats. This technology ...

Typical approaches may seek to control comorbidities that can lead to kidney damage, such as controlling blood sugar in diabetes using insulin or employing the SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin to ...

and to assess renal blood flow. Renal angiography (also called arteriography). A series of X-rays with the injection of a contrast dye into a catheter, which is placed into the blood vessels of the ...

The risk of systemic side effects is greater in infants than in adults due to increased percutaneous drug absorption and lower blood volume. The closed eyes technique of eyedrop administration is ...