Dear Doctor: Patient feels extremely lucky when solid masses found in kidney is benign

As your surgeon alluded to, it’s more commonly found in hospitalized ill patients or residents in a long-term care facility ...
Newsday

Ultrasound Trumps CT Scan for Diagnosing Kidney Stones in Study

When diagnosing kidney stones, using ultrasound instead of CT scans reduces costs as well as patients' exposure to radiation, according to new research. A separate study also found that people with ...
WVXU

Study highlights cancer risk from millions of CT scans performed annually

CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke. But the radiation emitted by this essential ...
UNHCR

UNHCR donates a state-of-the-art CT Scan machine to the Institute of Kidney Diseases in Peshawar

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has donated a state-of-the-art CT Scan machine to the Institute of Kidney Diseases (IKD) in Peshawar – bringing relief for patients in the city. The hospital was in need ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Point-of-care creatinine devices to assess kidney function before CT imaging with intravenous contrast

NICE's guideline on acute kidney injury recommends that the risk of AKI should be assessed before offering iodinated contrast agents to adults for emergency or non-emergency imaging, and that ...