Ultrasound in acute kidney injury – Showing them how it's done in 4 hours

Purpose: Due to its worldwide increasing prevalence and mortality, acute kidney injury (AKI) has become an immensely important health care challenge. About 10% of AKI cases are caused by postrenal obstruction, with ultrasound (US) being the procedure of choice for diagnosis. Therefore we developed FARIUS (focused on acute renal injury with US), a 4 hours course to educate students and physicians in diagnosing postrenal obstruction via US aiming for an expertise similar to an experienced US examiner. Material and methods: FARIUS was developed as a 4hours programme for training in renal US. After positiv voting of…