Renal ultrasonography set up in children

Sonography of the kidneys is very important in the diagnosis and management of renal diseases. The kidneys are examined without any radiation exposure and many pathological changes in the kidneys can be diagnosed with ultrasound, in addition real time sonography is a valuable measure for successful renal biopsy. There are many different types of ultrasound machines but basic principles are the same. For performing renal sonography a clinician should be familiar with types of sonography probes and their application, each knob and control on machine such as gain control, depth, focus, zoom, freeze , save, cine (clip) to get the best possible image. In addition a clinician must know different scan planes ( longitudinal , transverse), proper probe handling, positioning the patient and normal appearance and non pathologic findings of renal sonography. In this panel we are going to show practically how a bedside renal sonography is set up and done for those who have not had any previous experience with performing sonography in order to take better patient care in both diagnosis and interventional aspects