Background: AKI occurs in 10% of hospitalized patients and the incidence is rising. Renal Ultrasound (US) is frequently performed but its clinical utility has been questioned. The goal of this study was to evalaute US diagnostic yield in AKI cases and establish indications for inpatient kidney US. Methods: A retrospective analysis of renal US were obtained from January 2016 to March [...]

Case Presentation: The patient is a 16-year-old primigravid woman with past medical history of recurrent childhood UTIs and prior treatment for right pyelonephritis with hydronephrosis at 28 weeks’ gestation. At that time she had a right percutaneous nephrostomy tube placed with subsequent resolution of the right hydronephrosis.  Her urine culture grew Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and she [...]