Discussion Post Week Ten NURS6541, N-11 Children will present with a variety of genitourinary disorders. As an advanced practice nurse (APN), one must be able to differentiate between these various disorders to determine the appropriate action plan and treatment. The purpose of this discussion is to identify the primary diagnosis for my case study by including the unique characteristics of the disorder. I will explain a treatment and management plan and state education strategies for the patient and family. Case study two is Mark. Mark is an adolescent male that complains of acute left scrotal pain and nausea. The problem began six hours ago as a dull ache and has since worsened to the point where he in unable to stand without doubling over. He has no fever and is in marked pain. The physical exam is negative except for elevation of the left testicle, diffuse scrotal edema, and the presence of a blue dot sign. Differential Diagnoses …show more content…
Torsion of the appendix testis is the primary cause of scrotal pain in males and misdiagnosis occurs often. The scrotum is usually swollen, red, and tender. Most of the time in torsion of the appendix testis a blue dot sign is evident. However, a negative cremasteric reflex is indicative of testicular torsion (Meher, Rath, Sharma, Sasmal, Tushar, & Mishra, 2015). A blue mass that is visible through the skin is considered a ?blue dot? sign (Burns, Dunn, Brady, Star, & Blosser, 2013). Mark has complaints of gradual pain over a six-hour period. His left testicle is red, swollen, and painful. His physical examination also yields the presence of the blue dot sign and elevation of the left testicle. All of these signs indicate a primary diagnosis of torsion of the appendix
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This 46-year-old gentleman with past medical history significant only for degenerative disease of the bilateral hips, secondary to arthritis, presents to the emergency room after having had three days of abdominal pain. It initially started three days ago and was a generalized vague abdominal complaint. Earlier this morning, the pain localized and radiated to the right lower quadrant. He had some nausea without emesis. He was able to tolerate p.o. earlier around
On later reflection I realized I could have though about interstitial cystitis, appendicitis and renal calculi. My multiple hypotheses for this patient are presented in Table 1.
Abdomen: The lipases appeared unremarkable. The liver, spleen, gallbladder adrenals, kidneys, pancreas and abdominal aorta appeared unremarkable. The bowels seen on the study appeared thickened. Dilated appendix seemed consistent with acute appendicitis. All the structures of the abdomen appeared unremarkable. No free air was seen.
b) Place hand above right knee and ask pt to raise the leg to meet your hand. Pain may indicate appendicitis.
He is supposed to be scheduled for some injections to his tailbone to see if that will calm things down. He was told by his urologist that the incontinence of urine is from the spine. He reports he was written a prescription for depends by Dr. Rampersaud.
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painfully distended with fluid. Also, the skin of the left hand and abdomen began to redden
This patient presented to the emergency department (ED) with pain in his upper right quadrant and flank. He reported experiencing abdominal distention
The patient complained of right lower quadrant pain and of feeling faint. Dr. O'Donnel documented a chief complaint, a brief history of present illness, and a systemic review of the gastrointestinal system and respiratory system. Dr. O'Donnel also documented a complete examination of all body systems, which included all required elements. Medical decision making was of moderate complexity.
Patient is a 63-year-old right-hand white male who states that since April when he was in rehab for his left total knee replacement he has been having pain along his abdomen. He describes this as a band of numbness and dysesthesia. He outlines a strip involving T9-T11. He states this is mostly on the right. It does extend past the midline a little to the left, but is not significantly disturbing on the left. He gets spontaneous stabbing pain, tingling and dysesthesias in that area. Also, he is extremely sensitive to touch, more so anteriorly and laterally than posteriorly. Posteriorly, it goes to the mid-axillary line on the right and again it just extends past the midline to the left. He states that he did have a fall 12 years ago with a coccyx fracture. He has not had any recent injuries or recent x-rays. He does have some numbness and tingling in his feet, but it is not significant. He did not notice any vesicular rash on his torso at any time since the onset of these symptoms. He is unable to give any further history.
There were more males than females in this study, which is in agreement with the studies done by Prasad et al.,16 and Memon et al.,17where more males were found probably due to the few cases of gynecological emergencies and exclusion of gynecological emergencies noted, respectively, in their studies. Acute appendicitis was the most common cause of acute abdomen in
Most urologists do surgically repair many congenital anomalies in children, but the more complex problems are often referred to urologists with specialized training in pediatric urology. The importance of urologic problems seen primarily in women (stress urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis, urethral diverticula, etc. is being increasingly recognized. The diagnosis and therapy of urinary incontinence constitute a significant portion of most urology practices. New therapies, both surgical and non-surgical, are being constantly developed every day.
A nineteen year old, white female is admitted to the emergency room with sharp pain in the abdomen and no previous medical history. The symptoms the patient reports include slight abdomen pain accompanied by vomiting and a low fever beginning a few days before seeking medical help. A few days later, the abdomen pain worsens and moves above the appendix. The patient reports that the pain continued to worsen and then began to feel much better. The night the patient was admitted to the hospital, she says that the pain had come back and was now worse than it had ever been (1). Upon arrival at the hospital a nurse will examine the patient and various exams will be performed; these will include an exam to see if the abdomen is inflamed, a urine test,
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This paper is a clinical case report that is based on a 14 year old boy who lives in the northern suburbs of South Australia; his mother resides within him as she is the primary carer of him. He was admitted with abdominal pain and for the purpose of confidentiality the subject will be known as Patient X (Atkins, Britton & DeLacey, pp. 152 - 153). His date of birth is 20/10/2002 and medical reference number 12345678.