Measurement of renal blood flow by phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging during septic acute kidney injury: A pilot investigation.

The article discusses a study which measured renal blood flow in septic patients with acute kidney injury using cine phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. Results show that there was no rank correlation between renal blood flow index and creatinine clearance in patients with septic acute kidney injury. It concluded that cine phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging can be used to noninvasively and safely assess renal perfusion in critically ill patients.