The best sign of blunt kidney injury is blood in the urine hematuria. It is the most commonly injured gu organ from civilian external trauma. Pdf on oct 30, 2017, besut daryanto and others published. Renal injuries are relatively uncommon, occurring in about 1% of patients hospitalized after traumatic injury. Other times, it can only be seen through a microscope.
Aast kidney injury scale radiology reference article. Emergency management of renal and genitourinary trauma. Renal injuries are associated with young age and male. It may result in high morbidity if not properly identified and managed. In general, blunt injuries are more common, accounting for up to 90%95% of renal injuries. The incidence of renal injuries increases in preexisting congenital or acquired renal pathology e. Contemporary evaluation and management of renal trauma a male predominance of 3. We appreciate the opportunity to clarify what is written in the kidney disease improving global outcomes kdigo clinical practice guideline on acute kidney injury aki,2 in the hope that clinicians will read. Because children maintain a higher vascular tone than adults and maintain blood pressure despite high degrees of blood loss, hypotension is an insensitive sign of. The diagnosis and management of renal trauma james austin.
Civilian renal injury occurs in up to 5% of trauma victims, 10, 11 and accounts for 24% of traumatic abdominal solid organ injuries. Of injuries in general, renal trauma represent about 1% 5% of cases, and the kidney is the genitourinary and abdominal organ injured more often. Contemporary evaluation and management of renal trauma. Clinical practice guideline acute kidney injury aki. Renal trauma can result from direct, blunt, penetrating and iatrogenic injury. Renal imaging is generally unnecessary if the patient is normotensive and has only microscopic hematuria, because the risk of serious injury that needs operative management is less than 0. Avoid common pitfalls in the care of the adult patient with renal and urogenital trauma.
Gavril hercz s article is published, in the perspective section of jasn october 2017 28. Rodrigo donalisio da silva, md urges urologists to manage blunt and penetrating renal trauma conservatively. Ct is the preferred method of investigation in the setting of acute renal trauma. Hill, lauren bakios, jayashree krishnan, krishnan venkatesan, mohan verghese.
He uses the 2017 american urological association aua urotrauma guidelines to outline. Overall about 65% of genitourinary gu injuries involve the kidney. To study the epidemiology of renal injuries, complications, early and late, associated with renal trauma, and to study the morbidity and mortality pattern in renal trauma victims. Review of the evidence on the management of blunt renal trauma in pediatric patients. Complications following renal trauma nephrology jama.
The kidney has been lacerated short arrow, and urinary contrast extravasation is shown posteriorly long arrow. Arc was defined as a measured crcl of mlmin or greater. Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient 2015. Patients were excluded if their serum creatinine scr was greater than 1. Renal injuries account for 10% of abdominal trauma, and thus the demographic of affected individuals reflects that population. Clinicians should perform followup ct imaging for renal trauma patients having either a deep. The international society of urology estimates that approximately 245 000 renal injuries occur each year worldwide, approximately 80% of which are owing to blunt trauma. In ski resorts, 23 of renal injuries are due to skiing accidents. In blunt abdominal trauma, up to 40% present with renal injury.
We appreciate the opportunity to clarify what is written in the kidney disease improving global outcomes kdigo clinical practice guideline on acute kidney injury aki,2 in the hope that. Despite its relatively protected retroperitoneal position, the kidney is the most commonly injured organ of the genitourinary system during trauma. The american association for the surgery of trauma aast renal injury scale, most recently updated in 2018, is the most widely used grading system for renal trauma. All patients who sustained renal trauma confirmed by. To minimize acute kidney injur y, trauma surgeons, urologists, and surgical intensivists alike have utilized conservative approaches when managing penetrating renal trauma. The aim of the study was to assess primary traumatic injuries and secondary organ failures in severe posttraumatic aki. The urological trauma guidelines were first published in 2003. American association for surgery of trauma renal injury scale grade type. Diaphragmatic injury, evaluation and management of 2018. Pediatric renal injuries are evaluated similarly, except that all children with blunt trauma in whom urinalysis shows 50 red blood cells rbcshighpower field require imaging. Blunt renal injuries are the cause of greater than 90% of renal injuries in children, and the kidney is the most common organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma. In april 2017, the urotrauma guideline underwent an amendment based on an additional literature. There is insufficient class i and class ii data to support any standards regarding evaluation of renal trauma. The aast organ injury scale for renal trauma is widely used to classify and standardize renal injuries.
The renal trauma can be life threatening in the short term, depending on the severity and the time between the onset. Observation of most grade iv renal injuries is safe. Prior to fast, invasive procedures such as diagnostic peritoneal lavage and exploratory laparotomy were commonly utilized to diagnose intraabdominal injury. Following blunt renal trauma, stable patients should be.
We read with interest the comment in the lancet by jon barasch and colleagues feb 25, 2017, p 7791 with its controversial title acute kidney injury. Emergency management of renal and genitourinary trauma eb. The trauma of dialysis initiation we are happy to announce that dr. Epidemiological analysis of trauma patients with renal injuries. The kidney is injured in up to 10% of patients who sustain significant abdominal trauma. Renal trauma occurs in approximately 15% of all trauma cases. Phillips b, mirzaie m, turco l 2017 penetrating renal trauma. The most common mechanism for renal injury is blunt trauma predominantly. Urotrauma guideline american urological association. Renal injuries are associated with young age and male gender, and the incidence is about 4. Standard procedure for eau guidelines includes an annual assessment of newly published literature in the field to guide future updates.
Journal of emergency and trauma care imedpub journals. Focused assessment with sonography in trauma fast has been extensively utilized and studied in blunt and penetrating trauma for the past 3 decades. This difference has been attributed to the involvement of men in highrisk activities. Urotrauma guideline 2017 american urological association. Pdf a literature search was conducted utilizing medline, and. Clinicians should perform diagnostic imaging with intravenous iv contrast enhanced computed tomography ct in stable blunt trauma patients with gross hematuria or microscopic hematuria and systolic blood pressure trauma. A total of 4,768 unique records were identified, retrieved and screened for relevance. Renal, trauma, injury, investigation, management, embolisation, surgical exploration, conservative management. Acute kidney injury aki treated with continuous renal replacement therapy crrt is a severe complication in trauma patients. The diagnosis of genitourinary trauma typically relies on patient history, physical examination, urinalysis, and imaging ct, cystoscopy, retrograde urethrogram. Children are at increased risk for renal trauma compared to adults due to differences in anatomy. Damage control resuscitation in patients with severe traumatic hemorrhage 2017. Sometimes the blood can be seen with the naked eye. Demographic and trauma specific variables were then.
Genitourinary trauma involves injury to the kidneys, ureters, bladder, andor urethra. All sections of the 2020 urological trauma guidelines have been fully updated. There are two types of trauma blunt and penetrating trauma. Aast kidney injury scale dr mahmoud ibrahim mekhaimar and assoc prof frank gaillard et al. Management and hospital outcomes of blunt renal artery injuries. In urban areas, 80% of renal injuries occur in the context of polytrauma. Review the current literature regarding the management of grade iv renal injuries in children. All patients who sustained renal trauma confirmed by investigations were included in the study. The trauma of dialysis initiation psychonephrology.
Kidney renal trauma is when the kidney is hurt by an outside force. Pdf management of kidney trauma in saiful anwar general. Primary injuries and secondary organ failures in trauma. Identifying augmented renal clearance in trauma patients. Jun 29, 2018 rodrigo donalisio da silva, md urges urologists to manage blunt and penetrating renal trauma conservatively. The diagnosis and management of renal trauma sage journals. The rate of endstage renal failure is reported as 0. Methods consecutive trauma patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit between march 2015 and january 2016 and had a measured creatinine clearance crcl were considered for inclusion. Journal of emergency and trauma care imedpub journals methods.
Jan 20, 2018 we read with interest the comment in the lancet by jon barasch and colleagues feb 25, 2017, p 7791 with its controversial title acute kidney injury. Renal failure in children and elderly persons chronic renal failure in children chronic renal failure in elderly persons r enal failure is a condition in which the kidneys fail to remove metabolic endproducts from the blood and regulate the. Nonneoplastic pathologic findings in nephrectomy specimens. The most common mechanism for renal injury is blunt trauma predominantly by motor vehicle. Focused assessment with sonography in trauma fast in 2017.
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