General practice · Examination

Red urine and loin ache

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · Notre Dame Year 2

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Graham Pidgeon, 63, a retired truck driver, who has noticed red urine twice in the past month and has a dull ache in his left side.

  1. Perform a full examination

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your findings
    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
  • You do not need to take a history
  • Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
  • The examiner will ask you questions at the end.
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