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===Common Causes===
===Common Causes===
Common causes of flank pian include:
Common causes of flank pian include:
* [[Spinal arthritis]]
* [[strain|Abdominal muscle strain]]
* [[Musculoskeletal pain]]
* [[Acute kidney injury]]
* [[Cholecyctitis]]
* [[Cholecyctitis]]
* [[Ureteric calculi]]
* [[Ureteric calculi]]
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* [[Renal tumor]]
* [[Renal tumor]]
* [[Nephrolithiasis]]
* [[Nephrolithiasis]]
* [[Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis]]
* [[Renal papillary necrosis]]
* [[Renal papillary necrosis]]
* [[Shingles]]
* [[Shingles]]

Revision as of 11:26, 25 August 2020

Flank pain
Resident Survival Guide
Overview
Causes
Diagnosis
Treatment
Do's
Don'ts


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Iqra Qamar M.D.[2]

Overview

This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

Common causes of flank pian include:

Diagnosis

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Treatment

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the treatment of [[disease name]] according the the [...] guidelines.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Do's

  • The content in this section is in bullet points.

Don'ts

  • The content in this section is in bullet points.

References