Denise has been hospitalized with acute gastritis. Her sympt…
Denise has been hospitalized with acute gastritis. Her symptoms were epigastric pressure (just above the stomach), headache, nausea, and vomiting with traces of old dark blood. She revealed that she had been suffering back pain and drank four shots of gin and took three aspirin to “kill the pain.” What would the physician be looking for to verify this diagnosis?