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A Kidney For Christmas, Stephen Scholand
A Kidney For Christmas, Stephen Scholand
The Medicine Forum
When Asmar Lawrence first walked into the small examining room in the Jefferson Hospital Ambulatory Practice (JHAP) Clinic, we both had no idea what the future would hold. It was July, 1998 and I was fresh from medical school. Each week, I looked forward to the JHAP experience to develop my clinical skills and follow patients longitudinally. No longer was my learning prescribed from a textbook, this was the 'real world' of medicine where anything could happen and I was supposed to be in control of it. The long white coat probably helped perpetuate some of that illusion. Fortunately our …
Hematuria Status Post Renal Biopsy, Bill Mcelhaugh
Hematuria Status Post Renal Biopsy, Bill Mcelhaugh
The Medicine Forum
This is a case of a 66 year old Caucasian woman admitted to the hospital following a ureteroscopic biopsy of the left renal pelvis. The biopsy was performed for asymptomatic hematuria, with a retrograde intravenous pyelogram revealing a mass in the left renal pelvis. The patient developed lightheadedness and left flank pain 12-24 hours following the procedure and was found to have a 3 gram drop in hemoglobin compared to blood work performed during the previous week.