Are normative sonographic values of kidney size in children valid and reliable? A systematic review of the methodological quality of ultrasound studies using the Anatomical Quality Assessment (AQUA) tool
| Autor: | Rekha Brar, Brandon Michael Henry, Viswas Chhapola, Soumya Tiwari, Sandeep Kumar Kanwal, Bobbity Deepthi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Quality Assurance Health Care business.industry Ultrasound 030232 urology & nephrology MEDLINE Kidney Volume CINAHL 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Kidney 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Reference Values Nephrology Humans Medicine Normative Observational study Medical physics Child business Methodological quality Reliability (statistics) Ultrasonography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nephrology. 32:335-345 |
| ISSN: | 1724-6059 1121-8428 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40620-018-0500-8 |
| Popis: | A plethora of research is available on ultrasonographic kidney size standards. We performed a systematic review of methodological quality of ultrasound studies aimed at developing normative renal parameters in healthy children, by evaluating the risk of bias (ROB) using the ‘Anatomical Quality Assessment (AQUA)’ tool. We searched Medline, Scopus, CINAHL, and Google Scholar on June 04 2018, and observational studies measuring kidney size by ultrasonography in healthy children (0–18 years) were included. The ROB of each study was evaluated in five domains using a 20 item coding scheme based on AQUA tool framework. Fifty-four studies were included. Domain 1 (subject characteristics) had a high ROB in 63% of studies due to the unclear description of age, sex, and ethnicity. The performance in Domain 2 (study design) was the best with 85% of studies having a prospective design. Methodological characterization (Domain 3) was poor across the studies ( |
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