Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Abdomen, Trauma, Emergency, CT, CT-Angiography, Education
Authors:
S. Hapugoda, P. Bekhit, C. Hacking; QLD/AU
DOI:
10.26044/ranzcr2019/R-0079
Background
The kidney is the most commonly injured genitourinary organ in the setting of blunt trauma, with angioembolisation and surgical treatments increasingly available, particularly in the setting of higher-grade injuries (1). The use of organ injury grading systems has helped risk stratify trauma patients, and also guide further research, leading to an updated injury scale in 2018 (2).
Several criterion for kidney injury have been revised in the recent grading update, primarily regarding vascular and collecting system injuries (3). This study will discuss the pertinent CT imaging features for each injury grade with focus on the updated classifications.