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What is a UTI + CC?
- Urinary Tract Infection
- CC = dysuria
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Scribe alert for UTI?
untreated UTI can migrate to the kidneys and cause pyelonephritis
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What is another name for kidney stones + CC?
- Nephrolithiasis, Renal Calculi, Ureterolithiasis
- CC = flank pain, sudden onset, radiating to groin
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How are kidney stones diagnosed?
- CT Abd/pelvis
- RBC in UA may be a clue
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What is another name for tubal pregnancy?
- Ectopic Pregnancy = fertilized egg develops outside the uterus, usually in fallopian tube
- CC = lower abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding while pregnant
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How are ectopic pregnancies diagnosed?
US of pelvis to determine location of fetus
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What is testicular torsion + CC+ how is it diagnosed?
- twisting of the spermatic cord resulting in loss of blood flow and nerve function to the testicle
- CC = testicular pain
- US scrotum -> assesses blood flow to testicles
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What is ovarian torsion + CC + how is it diagnosed?
- twisting of an ovarian artery reducing blood flow to an ovary, possible resulting in infarct of the ovary
- CC = lower abdominal pain (RLQ or LLQ)
- US pelvis -> assesses blood flow to ovaries
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