Women's health · History + examination

Burning urine at 16 weeks

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 3 students

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in a rural general practice in the Wheatbelt. Your next patient is Eleni Nikolaidis, 27, who is 16 weeks pregnant, presenting with two days of burning when she passes urine.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Examine the patient

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
  • You do not need to summarise your findings
  • Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
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Investigations

Examination

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