An alcoholic patient well known to the emergency department staff presents to the department with complaints of generalized weakness, low-grade fever off and on for the last month, new onset ankle edema, anorexia, right upper quadrant abdominal pain and vomiting. He denies any bloody or coffee ground emesis. This patient should be evaluated for esophageal varices.

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An alcoholic patient well known to the emergency department staff presents to the department with complaints of generalized weakness, low-grade fever off and on for the last month, new onset ankle edema, anorexia, right upper quadrant abdominal pain and vomiting. He denies any bloody or coffee ground emesis. This patient should be evaluated for esophageal varices.




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