Today, I review, link to, and embed Kidney Ultrasound Probe Positioning | Transducer Placement & Scanning | Abdominal USG | Sonography from Dr. Sam’s Imaging Library.
All that follows is from the above resource.
Kidney Ultrasound Probe Positioning | Transducer Placement & Scanning | Abdominal USG | Sonography
Right Kidney:
- Roll the patient 45 degrees onto the left side.
- Place the probe in oblique orientation, intercostally in the right upper quadrant.
- Ask the patient to take a deep breath and hold it.
- If there is difficulty in locating the kidney, angle the probe through a lower rib space.
- You can also try a more posterolateral approach if there are too many rib shadows.
- Rotate the probe 90 degrees anticlockwise to scan the kidney in transverse plane.
- Ask the patient to take a deep breath and hold it.
- If there are bowel gases obscuring the kidney, ask the patient to push out the abdomen.
Left Kidney:
- Roll the patient 45 degrees onto the right side.
- Place the probe in oblique orientation, intercostally in the left upper quadrant.
- Scan through the 11th intercostal space.
- Ask the patient to take a deep breath and hold it.
- Left kidney is higher and more posterior than the right kidney.
- Scan the left kidney with a more posterolateral approach.
- Rotate the probe 90 degrees anticlockwise to scan the kidney in transverse plane.
- Ask the patient to take a deep breath and hold.
- If there are bowel gases obscuring the kidney, ask the patient to push out the abdomen.
