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Choose the correct letter A, B, C, or D.

1. Why is the patient named Kehinde Babaniyi treated at the health facility?
a. He was involved in an accident.
b. He experienced discomfort on his stomach.
c. He was unable to pee.
d. He required sufficient bedrest

2. What makes the patient’s physical discomfort less intense?
a. treatment
b. hydronephrosis and hydroureter
c. ureteric stone
d. recent investigations

3. In which unit is the patient at first directed to?
a. ureteroscopy
b. lithotripsy
c. urology
d. general outpatient
4. What is considered as a failure?
a. conventional treatment

b. emergency treatment
c. surgery treatment
d. accident treatment

Analyze these two summary samples of Kehinde Babaniyi medical record.
Which one is a good summary? Why?

The report is about Kehinde Babaniyi’s abdominal-
The patient was treated at accident and emergency
pain treatment. In the report, the reader is told about the
unit. The pain occurred for 10 hours. Examination shows
early examination and investigation. The patient is
right renal colic due to right hydronephrosis and
medicated conservatively yet the symptoms persist. The
hydroureter. The patient gets medications for 2 months.
treatment is therefore considered as failed. The writer
concludes that surgery is necessary to cure the kidney.

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