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| {{Nephritic syndrome}}
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| ==Overview==
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| [[Renal ultrasound]] is useful to estimate the [[kidney]] size and echogenicity. Decreased renal size (eg. less than 8 cm) is consistent with irreversible renal injury.<ref name="pmid23871408">{{cite journal| author=Beck L, Bomback AS, Choi MJ, Holzman LB, Langford C, Mariani LH et al.| title=KDOQI US commentary on the 2012 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for glomerulonephritis. | journal=Am J Kidney Dis | year= 2013 | volume= 62 | issue= 3 | pages= 403-41 | pmid=23871408 | doi=10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.06.002 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23871408 }} </ref> Echocardiography is indicated when a [[cardiac murmur]] is noted on physical examination or when there is a high suspicion of [[bacterial endocarditis]] causing renal involvement and nephritic syndrome.
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| ==References==
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