Mrs. C., a 66-year-old woman, presents to your practice with a complaint of recent onset of leaking urine. She has no prior history of this. On further questioning you discover that she is newly married, after being widowed for 15 years, during which time she had no sexual partners. She and her new husband have just returned from a cruise, and she reports that he is a “passionate” lover and she is having difficulty meeting his needs for daily intercourse. Other symptoms that Mrs. C. reports are vaginal burning and general discomfort “down there.”
Medications: Takes fish oil at bedtime, vitamin D 3 1,000 IU daily. No known drug allergies.
Vital signs: Blood pressure (BP) 128/76 mm Hg, pulse 82 (regular), respiratory rate 16 breaths/min, temperature 98.2°F (oral), BMI 23.4. A staff member has obtained a urine specimen for dipstick.
Findings are as follows:
Nitrite—negative
Leukocyte esterase—negative
Blood—trace
Protein—trace
Glucose—negative
Ketones—negative
Specific gravity—1.015
1. What additional subjective data are you seeking?
2. What additional objective data will you be
assessing for?
3. What national guidelines are appropriate to
consider?
4. What tests will you order?
5. Are there any screening tools that you want to
use?
6. What are the differential diagnoses that you are
considering?
7. What is your plan of care?
.3.these are the national guidelines .
4 .
5.here screwing test for suspected kidney disease is
-measurement of serum creatinine level, complete blood count, urinalysis, and fractional excretion of sodium. Ultrasonography of the kidneys should be performed in most patients,
Here further screening test for UTI are -
Common laboratory tests for urinary tract infections (UTIs) include:
Mrs. C., a 66-year-old woman, presents to your practice with a complaint of recent onset of...
A 66-year-old woman, Mrs. C., has come with a complaint of recent onset of leaking urine and she has no such previous history. She has been a widow for 15 years with no sexual partners and is now recently married. She went for a cruise with her husband and she is currently facing difficulty in meeting the daily intercourse needs of her husband. She also complains of general discomfort and burning in vagina. Her vital signs are 128/76 mm Hg...
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A 35 yr old woman presents to the emergency department with right flank pain. She reports that she had a few days of urinary urgency, frequency, and burning which she tried to treat herself by drinking cranberry juice. Earlier that same day she started having a severe, colicky pain on her whole right side. She has a fever, and when she urinated this morning she noticed that it appeared to have blood. She has had a few UTI’s in the...
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