An Adolescent Male Is Being Seen for Acute Onset of Left

question 30

Multiple Choice

An adolescent male is being seen for acute onset of left testicular pain. The pain started 3 hours ago. He complains of nausea and denies dysuria and fever. Your prioritized assessment should be to

• A)obtain urine and DNA probe urethral samples.
• B)lift the left scrotum to confirm epididymitis.
• C)establish absent cremasteric reflex.
• D)transilluminate the left and right scrotum.
• E)have the patient stand and observe the scrotum for a "bag of worms."

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