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The nurse is assessing a client with portal hypertension. Which of the following findings would the nurse expect?
Correct answer
C
Rationale
Ascites. Portal hypertension can occur in a client with right-sided heart failure or cirrhosis of the liver. Portal hypertension can lead to ascites due to the increased portal pressure as well as a lowered colloid osmotic pressure because of low albumin. When liver functioning deteriorates, protein metabolism suffers.