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A patient presents with colicky abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distention. The health care provider...

A patient presents with colicky abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distention. The health care provider has prescribed diagnostic tests to determine if the patient has an intestinal obstruction. Which physical assessment finding would indicate that the condition has worsened?

Hypoactive bowel sounds

A rigid, board-like abdomen

Diarrheal bowel movement

Positive stool for occult blood

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Answer; Hypoactive Bowel sound

Reason ; Here the question is about the physical assessment, so the health care provider would check on the physical finding not on the investigation test. Hence the positive stool option will be neglected. Among the other three option the above mentioned option would be the appropriate indication, because in this condition, the hypoactive sound occur when the condition got worsen, but in the beginning there will be a hyperactive one.

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