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.
