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The patient, an elderly man, had an acute onset of fever, dysuria, abdominal pain, and tenderness in the left flank. He was admitted for evaluation and urine analysis and culture. The radiological finding showed two medium-sized renal calculi associated with pyelonephritis in the left kidney. The culture revealed severe E.coli UTI that responded well to IV Cipro therapy.

Discharge Diagnosis & Recommended follow up

1) UTI (2) Renal calculi & Follow up for Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL)

 

Identify as many medical terms and abbreviations as you can from the passage above and rewrite the passage using your own words.

 

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