Your Patient with Liver Failure Has a Firm, Rounded Abdomen

question 67

Multiple Choice

Your patient with liver failure has a firm, rounded abdomen due to accumulation of fluid. This is knownclinically as

• A) hepatitis C.
• B) ascites.
• C) hepatitis B.
• D) cirrhosis.
• E) gastritis.

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