URINARY SYSTEM

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:

1.RENAL FUNCTION.

2.OBSTRUCTION.

3.REFLUX NEPHROPATHY.

4.TRAUMA.

5.RENAL FAILURE.

6.SPACE-OCCUPYING LESIONS.

7.CONGENITAL LESIONS.

8.VASCULAR DISORDERS AND HYPERTENSION.

9.RENAL TRANSPLANT


INDICATIONS FOR RENAL SCANNING IN ACUTE RENAL FAILURE:
-TO DIAGNOSE ORE-RENAL FAILURE
-TO DIAGNOSE ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS (ATN)
-TO MONITOR CHANGES IN THE ANURIC PATIENT
-TO DIAGNOSE COMPLICATIONS
-TO ASSESS THE PROBABLE PROGNOSIS

SOME ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS:

1. ADALAT (TINOLOL)
2. ALDOMET (LOBETOL)
3. CAPTOPRIL
4. TENORMIN

-DIURETIC:

1. LASIX (FRUSEMIDE)
2. SPIRAUOLACTON (POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC)

ADVANTAGES OF RADIONUCLIDE STUDIES OVER MICTURATING CYSTOGRAPHY

-LOWER RADIATION DOSES
-NO CATHETERIZATION
-SIMULTANEOUS ASSESSMENT OF RENAL FUNCTION

-RENAL (KIDNEY) SCAN
RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING STUDIES OF THE KIDNEYS ARE SENSITIVE INDEXES OF RELATIVE RENAL BLOOD FLOW, TUBULAR -FUNCTION,AND URINARY EXCRETION.

-DTPA TO MEASURE GLOMERULAR FUNCTION,OIH,MAG3,DMSA TO VISUALIZE AND QUANTITATE TUBULAR FUNCTION.

-EVALUATE (UTI) URINARY TRACK INFECTION.


* URINARY-USEFUL TIPS *
*URINARY IMAGING INTERPRETATION*
* URINARY SYSTEM *