Flank Pain
Note: Use Template of Guide Questions for discussion.
Trigger 1
Patient with complaint of “flank pain”
Trigger 2
30-year-old female with flank pain noted 4 days ago.
Associated with fever.
Physical examination:
Temperature = 39 C
Severe tenderness on the right flank.
Trigger 3.
A paraclinical diagnostic procedure was done.
[Either utilize the one recommended by the student or the facilitator presents a prepared one.]
A urinalysis was done.
[Here is the picture/reading/result of the paraclinical diagnostic procedure.]
Trigger 4
The diagnosis of the patient’s health problem is
ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS
Trigger 5
A case write-up of a patient with a complaint of “severe flank pain”.
DIAGNOSIS IS NOT SPELLED OUT!
Signs and symptoms
Course in the management
Paraclinical diagnostic procedures done
Treatment
Outcome
Case Study:
Look for a case who eventually dies of end-stage renal disease.
ROJ@17nov6