Ultrasonographic assessment of renal microcirculation is a new vision for the treatment of intensive care unit associated acute kidney injury

• DOI: 10.1186/s40001-024-01704-y
• Publication Date: 2024-02-10T05:02:06Z
• Authors: Rongping Chen; Beijun Gao; Xinchen Wang; Hua Zhao; Xiaoting Wang; Dawei Liu
• Keywords: Intensive Care Units; AKI; Microcirculation; R; CEUS; Medicine; Humans; Review; Acute Kidney Injury; Kidney; Kidney regional blood flow

Key points• Microcirculatory impairment is a key pathogenetic mechanism in acute kidney injury associated with severe disease.• CEUS "microscope" of the renal microcirculation.• quantitatively assesses microcirculation to help guide hemodynamic therapy critical care-related injury.• challenging but necessary differentiate regional blood flow within kidney.• parameters can be used as sensitive indicators assess prognosis AKI.