Descripción
Clinical Ultrasound in Nephrology
Editors:
- Mario Meola
- Offers essential technical knowledge of ultrasound in nephrology
- Provides specialists with clinical skills in nephrologic diagnostics and interventions
- Introduces nephrologists-in-training and residents to ultrasound
About this book
Interest in training for diagnostic and interventional ultrasound is rapidly growing in Nephrology and Internal Medicine. Many residents and young specialists are eager to learn point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), gain hands-on experience with procedures such as percutaneous renal biopsy, or develop skills in vascular access management, which are often assigned to other professionals. Offering training in these subspecialties can effectively foster interest in Nephrology and help revitalize this increasingly overlooked field.
This book, authored by a nephrologist with extensive expertise in diagnostics and intervention, offers essential technical knowledge of ultrasound, coupled with foundational insights into comparative anatomy and pathophysiology, which are vital for analyzing ultrasound and Doppler imaging. Ultimately, the objective of this text is to enhance practical skills, thereby improving patient care and enabling effective performance in daily clinical practice.
Table of contents (39 chapters)
- Front Matter
- Pages i-xiv
- Theoretical Outline Preliminary to Practice
- Front Matter
- Pages 1-1
- Imaging in Clinical Nephrology
- Mario Meola
Pages 3-23
- Grayscale Ultrasound: Physics and Instrumentation
- Mario Meola
Pages 25-56
- Ultrasound Transmission and Imaging Formation
- Mario Meola
Pages 57-76
- Grayscale or B-Mode Ultrasound
- Mario Meola
Pages 77-108
- Operating Modes of a Multiparametric Ultrasound Equipment
- Front Matter
- Pages 109-109
- Doppler Effect and Application
- Mario Meola
Pages 111-146
- Hemodynamic Element for Analyzing the Doppler Signal
- Mario Meola, Carlo Lomonte
Pages 147-179
- Recent Advances of Multiparametric Sonography
- Front Matter
- Pages 181-181
- Principles and Techniques of Elastography
- Mario Meola, Fabrizio Calliada
Pages 183-215
- Fundamentals of Microbubble Contrast Agents and Contrast-Specific Modes
- Michele Bertolotto, Irene Campo, Rosaria Perrone, Antonio Granata
Pages 217-228
- Normal Kidney and Congenital Anomalies
- Front Matter
- Pages 229-229
- Normal Anatomy of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
- Mario Meola, Ilaria Petrucci
Pages 231-277
- Anatomical Variants and Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
- Mario Meola, Ilaria Petrucci
Pages 279-300
- Retroperitoneal Structures
- Front Matter
- Pages 301-301
- Space, Structures, and Pathology of Retroperitoneum
- Mario Meola, Ilaria Petrucci
Pages 303-349
- Abdominal Aorta
- Mario Meola, Ilaria Petrucci
Pages 351-404
- Inferior Vena Cava and Portal Vein System
- Mario Meola
Pages 405-439
- Ultrasound on Fluid Overload
- Mario Meola
Pages 441-467
Ultrasound in Parenchymal Diseases
Front Matter
Ultrasound in Acute Kidney Injury
Chronic Kidney Disease
Interstitial Nephropathies
Male and Female Pelvic Overview
Front Matter
Male and Female Pelvic Overview
Urinary Tract Infection
Hydronephrosis and Chronic Obstructive Uropathy
Front Matter
Hydronephrosis
Nephrolithiasis
Benign and Malignant Renal Masses
Front Matter
Cystic Kidney Disease
Tumors of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
Interventional Nephrology
Front Matter
Renal Biopsy
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)
Front Matter
The Use of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography to Study the Kidney
Hypertension and Vascular Nephropathies
Front Matter
Renovascular Disease
Ultrasound in the Hypertensive Patient
Hypertension and Vascular Nephropathies
Adrenal Glands
Renal Vein Thrombosis
Comorbidities in Chronic Kidney Disease
Front Matter
Primary and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
The Echocardiography in the Uremic Patient
Sonographic Assessment of Epiaortic Vessels
Ultrasonographic Assessment of Lower Limb Arteries
Vascular Access and Kidney Transplantation
Front Matter
Ultrasound in Vascular Access Creation: Anatomy of the Upper Limb
Role of Ultrasound in Mapping, Maturation, and Surveillance of Vascular Access
Early and Late Complications of AVF
Central Venous Catheterization
Ultrasound in the Renal Transplantation
Combined Kidney–Pancreas Transplantation
Editors and Affiliations
Department of Health Science, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
Mario Meola
About the editor
Professor Meola currently holds the position of affiliated professor at the Health Sciences Interdisciplinary Center at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. He previously served as an aggregate professor of Nephrology at the University Hospital of Pisa. Furthermore, Professor Meola is currently also the coordinator of both the SIUMB School of Ultrasound in Nephrology and the SIMI School of Basic Ultrasound at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. He has also contributed to establishing the University Master’s Course in Clinical Ultrasound and Vascular Access Management at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, as well as postgraduate training courses at the University Hospital of Pisa. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in nephrology ultrasound, and through his work, multiple generations of specialists in this field have been trained and continue to be trained.
Bibliographic Information
- Book TitleClinical Ultrasound in Nephrology
- EditorsMario Meola
- Hardcover ISBN978-3-032-24766-7Published: 09 September 2026
- Edition Number2
- Number of PagesXIV, 1550
- Number of Illustrations60 b/w illustrations, 1520 illustrations in colour
- Topics Nephrology, Imaging / Radiology, Internal Medicine
Keywords
- Interventional nephrology
- Kidney transplant evaluation
- CEUS
- Ultrasound of kidney transplant
- Post-transplant fluid collections
- Hematoma
- Urinoma
- Lymphocele
- Urologic complications of renal transplant
- Parenchymal complications of transplant
- Ultrasound-guided biopsy
- Combined kidney-pancreas transplantation
- Early and late complications of kidney transplant
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders
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