Peer Reviewed
Emergency medicine

Bladder stones: a missed diagnosis

Gordian Fulde, Sascha Fulde
Abstract
Bladder stones are a possible although uncommon diagnosis in a patient with recurrent bladder infection, urgency and severe pain.
Key Points

    As a GP working both in your own practice and in the emergency department of the local hospital you are familiar with accessing and treating renal colic. You see the patients with this presentation all year round, not just in the hotter summer months when people are more likely to become dehydrated, or perhaps it is all that very strong coffee?

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