Course Credit: 2 hours
Case Goals
- List the indications for performing a pediatric renal/bladder point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Describe the technique for performing renal/bladder POCUS
- Identify hydronephrosis and its appearance at different severities
- List the limitations of renal/bladder POCUS
- Advanced: Recognize direct and other indirect signs of nephrolithiasis as well as gross renal/bladder structural anomalies such as cysts and masses
Lesson
Read the ALiEM PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Renal and Bladder Ultrasound tutorial and then test your knowledge in the quiz below.
Course Authors
- Dr. Philip Sosa
- Dr. Maytal Firnberg
PEM POCUS Series
- Series Editor: Dr. Margaret Lin-Martore
- Content Editors and Peer Reviewers: Dr. Margaret Lin-Martore, Dr. Ashkon Shaahinfar, Dr. Aaron Kornblith, Dr. Lilly Bellman
