Publications by authors named "Linda Dairiki Shortliffe"
Purpose: Renal dimensions are an important assessment of the genitourinary tract used to evaluate critical aspects of renal growth and development. Understanding the effect of patient position is important to use and interpret these parameters. In this prospective study we determined the effect of patient position and general body habitus on renal length and parenchymal area in children undergoing renal ultrasound.
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- The study aims to evaluate if ultrasound renal parenchymal area can serve as a reliable and less invasive alternative to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volume in assessing renal function in children with vesicoureteral reflux.
- Results show that ultrasound renal parenchymal area has a strong correlation with MRI volume (r² = 0.90), outperforming other metrics like renal length and ellipsoid volume, indicating its potential as a diagnostic tool.
- Findings also reveal that in children with reflux and urinary tract infections, a higher reflux grade is linked to a decrease in ultrasound renal parenchymal area, while no such correlation exists in those without urinary tract infections.
Certification, recertification, and maintenance: continuing to learn.
Urol Clin North Am
February 2009
The process of certification, recertification, and maintenance of certification is mandated by the American Board of Urology as a member Board of the American Board of Medical Specialties. The history of maintenance of certification parallels that of private regulation of medical schools and postgraduate medical education (residency) and other nonmedical areas in which public trust is involved. Current trends in information technology that allow data gathering that measure medical practice and recognition of failure mandate that urologists practice with current knowledge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A 17-year-old male, with a history of bladder augmentation enterocystoplasty 7 years earlier, presented with nausea, emesis and acute abdomen.
Investigations: Physical examination, blood and urine culture, and abdominal and pelvic CT cystography.
Diagnosis: Acute abdomen from perforation of bladder augmentation.