The nurse is caring for a patient who is being treated for extensive burns.The nurse notes the presence of coffee-ground material in the Salem sump catheter.The nurse correctly recognizes which factor as the likely cause?
A) Esophagitis
B) Perforated gastric ulcer
C) Gastric irritation from the Salem sump tube
D) A physiologic stress ulcer
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