With the increasing number of cases of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular diseases, we are witnessing an increasing frequency of kidney diseases. These have, as their first manifestation, an increased serum creatinine value or a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate in routine tests.
Urinary ultrasound represents one of the most valuable explorations in the diagnosis and monitoring of kidney and bladder diseases, being also a method that does not irradiate and has no contraindications, unlike other methods that may have contraindications in severe kidney damage or during pregnancy.