A 38-year-old member asked:
Why is a kub that is done to kidneys?
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Dr. Lori Wagneranswered
Internal Medicine 29 years experience
Xray: A kub is a plain film of the abdomen; it is titled "kidneys, ureter, bladder." it actually is not really the best test to look at these organs, but it was long ago named such. These organs are within the xray "field" however.
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Dr. James Cainanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 38 years experience
It is an XRay: Kub is an abbreviation of the order for an xray study of the "kidneys, ureters and bladder".
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Dr. Gerald Mandellanswered
Nuclear Medicine 54 years experience
Plain radiograph: KUB stands for kidney, ureter, and bladder. It is plain radiograph originally looking for calcifications or stones in kidneys , ureters, and bladder. It is also useful for detecting some bowel abnormalities such as bowel obstruction,free air in abdomen, enlargement of spleen , and regional skeletal abnormalities.
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Last updated Feb 14, 2015
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