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Nephrology • Glomerulonephritis
How would you manage a patient with CKD4 due to lupus nephritis of unknown class who develops AKI requiring hemodialysis and nephrotic range proteinuria and is found to have atrophic kidneys on imaging?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
The decision to biopsy a kidney is not based just on size. The operator should look at the kidney size compared to the height of the patient and the echogenicity on ultrasound.If the patient is short with a normal/near-normal echogenicity, even a <9cm kidney can yield useful information. Thi...
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Answer from: at Community Practice
I agree with above and would proceed to biopsy. In addition, some may consider the risk of renal biopsy increased as relates to atrophic appearance however generally this alone would not pose additional risk of bleeding (provided adequate visualization of the kidney is possible). Although cortical t...