The Significance of renal resistive index as a non-invasive marker of renal dysfunction

Ethical clearance number (reference no.: CPUT/HWS-REC 2022/H23)The data uploaded is the data of 100 patients that participated in the research study which includes the participant’s demographic information (age and gender), clinical and medical history, and ultrasound results (bipolar length of the kidneys (cm), kidney echogenicity, renal cortical thickness (cm) and the RRI.this study is a quantitative cross-sectional observational study, which included 100 participants, and was conducted at a tertiary academic hospital in Gauteng province of South Africa between the period December 2022 and February 2023. The main aim of the study was to determine whether patients with renal dysfunction, according to biochemical markers, who were referred by the nephrology department had an elevated RRI.