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How do you recommend incorporating B-lines on lung POCUS as part of evaluating a patient's volume status?

In particular, how do you reconcile situations where lung POCUS findings contradict other components of volume assessment (e.g. JVD, peripheral edema,...

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For outpatients undergoing a kidney biopsy, do you routinely recommend an overnight admission for continued hemoglobin monitoring?

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What factors influence your decision between guidewire exchange versus removal and replacement through a new tunnel tract for patients with tunneled hemodialysis catheter mechanical failure?

Lazarus, et al., PMID: 38913437

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Do you perform a kidney ultrasound in patients following a kidney biopsy to evaluate for post-procedural complications?

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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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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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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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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.

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.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2004-01

Timing of complications in percutaneous renal biopsy.

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2024 Jun 24

Replacement Strategies for Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters with Complications: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Annals of emergency medicine, 2006-01

Prevalence of negative chest radiography results in the emergency department patient with decompensated heart failure.

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