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A 57-year-old woman with a 30-year history of alcoholism and liver disease visits her physician complaining of abdominal swelling and shortness of breath. The physician determines that she has severe ascites. Which of the following factors contributes to the accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity?
(A) Decreased plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine
(B) Decreased plasma volume
(C) Increased hepatic lymph flow
(D) Increased hydrostatic pressure in splanchnic capillary beds
(E) Increased natriuresis
(F) Increased plasma albumin concentration
(G) Increased plasma oncotic pressure
A 57-year-old woman with a 30-year history of alcoholism and liver disease visits her physician complaining of abdominal swelling and shortness of breath. The physician determines that she has severe ascites. Which of the following factors contributes to the accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity?
(A) Decreased plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine
(B) Decreased plasma volume
(C) Increased hepatic lymph flow
(D) Increased hydrostatic pressure in splanchnic capillary beds
(E) Increased natriuresis
(F) Increased plasma albumin concentration
(G) Increased plasma oncotic pressure
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