In assessing pain in the patient with a urinary tract infection, which clinical manifestation does the nurse correlate to progression of the infection to pyelonephritis?

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Flank pain is a clinical manifestation that indicates the infection has progressed from the lower urinary tract to the upper urinary tract, affecting the kidneys, which is characteristic of pyelonephritis.

In Assessing Pain in the Patient with a Urinary Tract