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A 65-Year-Old Man Has a 20-Year History of Alcoholism and Liver

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A 65-year-old man has a 20-year history of alcoholism and liver disease. He visits his physician complaining of swelling of his extremities. A decrease in which of the following is one of the most likely cause of the ascites?


A) Capillary hydrostatic pressure
B) Arteriole conductance
C) Interstitial hydrostatic pressure
D) Plasma colloid osmotic pressure
E) Interstitial colloid osmotic pressure

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