The nurse assesses a patient with cholecystitis. Which pain description is typical of biliary colic?
A) Substernal, radiating to the left shoulder and arm
B) Epigastric, radiating to the back
C) Right upper abdomen, radiating to the back or right shoulder
D) Left upper abdomen, radiating to the jaw and neck
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