Nephrology

Renal biopsy

Questions discussed in this category

Are there instances when you would pursue a kidney biopsy in a pregnant patient instead of waiting to perform the procedure post-delivery?

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Which patients do you recommend referral to interventional radiology to perform a kidney biopsy?

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What is your mmHg threshold to cancel a kidney biopsy for patients with pre-procedural elevated blood pressures?

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Is there a platelet count threshold when you would avoid performing a kidney biopsy in patients with thrombocytopenia?

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Are there instances when you perform a repeat kidney biopsy in patients whom tolerated the first procedure but are still without a definitive diagnosis?

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Is there a role for a kidney biopsy in patients diagnosed with Fabry disease through genetic testing?

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Is there a kidney length for which you would no longer recommend attempting a kidney biopsy due to safety concerns and lack of diagnostic yield?

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Would you recommend proceeding with a kidney biopsy for patients' with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia who have hematuria and normal kidney function?

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Do you recommend a kidney biopsy in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed two years prior who develops new onset proteinuria?

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What factors should prompt a kidney biopsy to evaluate for monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance in a patient with MGUS and suspected chronic diabetic nephropathy?

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Do you recommend performing a kidney biopsy in patients with suspected ifosfamide nephrotoxicity?

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What is your approach to the use of desmopressin prior to performing a kidney biopsy to potentially prevent procedural associated bleeding?

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Are there cases of glomerulonephritis where you do not perform a kidney biopsy in a patient deemed safe to undergo the procedure?

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Under what conditions do you perform a post-procedural kidney ultrasound in patients who recently underwent a kidney biopsy?

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Do you require patients who undergo a kidney biopsy to be admitted to the hospital for observation?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 2012 Apr 17

Consensus guidelines for periprocedural management of coagulation status and hemostasis risk in percutaneous image-guided interventions.

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 2015-02

Risk of bleeding after native renal biopsy as a function of preprocedural systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2009-08

The value of post-biopsy ultrasound in predicting complications after percutaneous renal biopsy of native kidneys.

POCUS J, 2022 Feb 01

Point of Care Ultrasound in Monitoring of Post-Renal Biopsy Bleeding.

Kidney international reports, 2021 Jan 06

Spectrum of Kidney Involvement in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2018 Jul 6

Kidney Involvement of Patients with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and Other IgM-Producing B Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2019 Jul 19

Dysproteinemia and the Kidney: Core Curriculum 2019.

Kidney research and clinical practice, 2021 Nov 29

Fabry nephropathy before and after enzyme replacement therapy: important role of renal biopsy in patients with Fabry disease.

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