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Originally Posted by Av8trix
My daughter had a bad experience at The Villages Hospital. She went to the ER because she has a kidney stone and was in very bad pain and throwing up every time she ate. All they did was do some blood work and then she sat for hours before they called her back. After several more hours they said they do not have a urologist on call and just sent her home. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?!!!!
You would think a hospital would be able to help someone with a kidney stone and had such bad pain, but, nope.
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Answer: There is NOTHING wrong with that, in fact, THAT IS the standard of care nationwide.
Appropriate treatment is to confirm the presence of a renal calculus with a stone protocol spiral CT, then send the patient home with pain meds, anti-emetics, and instructions to hydrate well and strain all urine. The patient should have a follow up outpatient appointment with a urologist 1-2 weeks later. BUT....the patient should also receive strict instructions to return to the ER if they have INTRACTABLE pain, INTRACTABLE nausea and vomiting, or a fever over 101F. Note: intractable means it won't stop, not just a few episodes of vomiting or low-moderate level of pain---they'll just up the meds and send you back home.