General Internal Medicine

Renal biopsy

Questions discussed in this category

Are there instances when you would pursue a kidney biopsy in a pregnant patient instead of waiting to perform the procedure post-delivery?

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Which patients do you recommend referral to interventional radiology to perform a kidney biopsy?

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What is your mmHg threshold to cancel a kidney biopsy for patients with pre-procedural elevated blood pressures?

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Are there instances when you perform a repeat kidney biopsy in patients whom tolerated the first procedure but are still without a definitive diagnosis?

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Is there a kidney length for which you would no longer recommend attempting a kidney biopsy due to safety concerns and lack of diagnostic yield?

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Do you recommend a kidney biopsy in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed two years prior who develops new onset proteinuria?

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What factors should prompt a kidney biopsy to evaluate for monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance in a patient with MGUS and suspected chronic diabetic nephropathy?

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Are there cases of glomerulonephritis where you do not perform a kidney biopsy in a patient deemed safe to undergo the procedure?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 2015-02

Risk of bleeding after native renal biopsy as a function of preprocedural systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Kidney international reports, 2021 Jan 06

Spectrum of Kidney Involvement in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes.

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