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According to the Following Discharge Summary, Which of the Following

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According to the following discharge summary, which of the following statements is true about this patient? "Mrs. Roxana Collach presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of increasing epigastric pain. She described the pain as constant and dull with radiation to her back. She also had progressive anorexia. She denied nausea, emesis, or diarrhea. She was febrile in the emergency department and had marked epigastric tenderness on exam with guarding. Her abdomen was slightly distended and she was mildly jaundiced. Her elevated amylase and lipase confirmed the suspicion of acute pancreatitis. She was admitted for pain control and intravenous fluids."


A) Her anorexia was getting better.
B) She was vomiting constantly.
C) She was diagnosed with pancreatitis.
D) She did not have any epigastric tenderness.
E) She was not given intravenous fluids.

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