A 71-year-old man has presented to his nurse practitioner's clinic complaining of abdominal and flank pain and blood in his urine for the past 48 hours. Assessment reveals the man's temperature is 102°F orally
Which of the following health problems should the nurse first suspect? A) Bladder cancer
B) Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
C) Renal calculi
D) Testicular cancer
C
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Renal calculi are associated with fever, pain, and hematuria. BPH and testicular cancer are unlikely to cause hematuria and bladder cancer is more commonly painless.
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