A Patient Has Experienced Blunt Abdominal Trauma from a Motor

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Multiple Choice

A patient has experienced blunt abdominal trauma from a motor vehicle accident.Which of the following diagnostic tests does the nurse know is a noninvasive method of determining the presence of intra-abdominal bleeding?

• A) Magnetic resonance imaging
• B) Ultrasonography
• C) Peritoneal lavage
• D) Auscultation of bowel sounds in the chest

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