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Roxanita
10-25-2004, 06:18 PM
A 45-year-old man has nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He has tachycardia, absent bowel sounds, and involuntary guarding and rebound tenderness of the abdomen. The most likely cause of these findings is

A) cholecystitis

B) gastritis

C) gastroenteritis

D) peritonitis

E) small bowel obstruction
Lorena
10-25-2004, 06:59 PM
because of the rebound tenderness of the abdomen i would go for peritonitis
Anonymous
10-26-2004, 01:37 AM
"e"
Anonymous
10-26-2004, 03:12 PM
I think it's "E".