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A client comes to the emergency department with a compliant of vomiting and abdominal pain. The triage nurse notes the client is jaundiced and icterus and has scattered bruises on their arms and vascular lesions "spider angiomas" on their nose and cheeks. Upon further assessment, the client's abdomen appears to be obtunded with dilated abdominal veins and is dull upon percussion. The assessment findings are most likely reflective of which condition?Cirrhosis. Pancreatitis. Gastric ulcer. Diverticulitis.
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