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D Question 38 18 pts The NP is working in an urgent care center, A 78 year old female patient presents complaining of 6 days of left lower quadrant pain. The patient is obese, does no routine exercise, uses NSAIDs occasionally, has a low fiber diet and states some days her stools are loose while other days she is constipated. On physical examination there is tenderness with deep palpation of the left lower quadrant, her abdomen is otherwise benign. The nurse practitioner knows this clinical presentation is MOST consistent with which of the following? O diverticulitis diverticulosis O Crohn's disease Ulcerative colitis . Previous Next