A client presents to the emergency department with severe flank pain and foul-smelling urine. The urine culture is positive. Because of the symptoms, the nurse anticipates that the client has:
a. acute renal failure.
b. a lower urinary tract infection.
c. pyelonephritis.
d. acute cystitis.
ANS: C
Symptoms described are indicative of pyelonephritis.
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