An older male patient comes to the clinic with complaints of chills, malaise, myalgia, localized pain, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary retention. The nurse would most likely suspect that the patient has
a. acute cystitis.
b. urinary tract infection.
c. pyelonephritis.
d. prostatitis.
ANS: D
The nurse should suspect prostatitis, which is manifested by high fever, chills, malaise, myalgia, and localized pain and may also be manifested by dysuria, nocturia, and urinary urgency, frequency, and retention.
Clinical manifestations of acute cystitis include dysuria, urinary urgency and frequency, suprapubic discomfort, pyuria, and bacteruria.
Urinary tract infections are very general and are classified by their location.
Pyelonephritis is characterized by fever, chills, severe flank pain, dysuria, urinary frequency and urgency, as well as pyuria and bacteruria.
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