. A client notes sharp pain when the nurse is percussing the angle between the 12th...
. A client notes sharp pain when the nurse is percussing the angle between the 12th rib and the vertebral column, what does this likely indicate? A. Cholelithiasis. B. Cirrhosis. C. Appendicitis. D. Pyelonephritis
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ANSWER.
* Sharp pain on the angle between the 12th rib and the vertebral coloumn
is otherwise called costovertebral angle pain.
D) Pain in this area indicate Pyelonephritis.
* Pyelonephritis is the inflammation of renal parenchyma which mainly occurs due to
an infection.
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