Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a multifaceted syndrome that occurs in different settings. The
course of AKI can be variable, from single hit and complete recovery, to multiple hits …

Background and objectives Doppler-based renal resistive index (RI) might help in
distinguishing transient from persistent acute kidney injury (AKI). The main objective of these …

Ultrasound (US) allows the non-invasive evaluation of morphological changes of kidney
structure (by means of B-Mode) and patterns of renal and extrarenal vascularization (by …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome that has progressed a great deal over the last 20
years. The decrease in urine output and the increase in classical renal biomarkers, such as …

The use of renal resistive indices (RRIs) for the study of renal microcirculation has in the past
been proposed for the identification of renal organ damage or even to specifically identify …

Radiologic imaging has the potential to identify several functional and/or structural
biomarkers of acute and chronic kidney diseases that are useful diagnostics to guide patient …

Doppler ultrasound has been extensively used in detecting reno-vascular diseases,
showing to be a non-invasive, safe, low cost and repeatable tool. The Renal Resistive Index …

Proteinuria is routinely measured to assess renal allograft status, but the diagnostic and
prognostic values of this measurement for renal transplant pathology and outcome remain …

From growing data from the literature emerges that so-called ecoDoppler “Renal” Resistive
Indexes (RRI) are not only specific markers of kidney damage and indicators of renal …

The renal resistive index (RRI) is measured by Doppler sonography in an intrarenal artery,
and is the difference between the peak systolic and end-diastolic blood velocities divided by …