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A 58-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by her friend after being found unconscious on the street. According to the friend, the patient has been drinking a liter of whiskey daily for the last 16 years. Her temperature is 37.0°C (98.6°F), pulse is 93/min, respirations are 15/min, and blood pressure is 146/85 mmHg. Physical examination reveals jaundice and palmar erythema. The lungs are clear to auscultation. The abdomen is mildly distended and mildly tender to palpation; there is a change in resonance from dull to tympanitic when the patient is moved from the supine to lateral decubitus position. With the patient in a supine position, a wave is produced by tapping one side of the abdomen. The liver is not palpable. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this patient’s abdominal findings?

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Backflow of blood into the vena cava inhibiting venous outflow from the liver

Elevated hepatic hydrostatic pressures due to splanchnic vasodilation

Accumulation of pancreatic fluid in the peritoneal cavity

Hepatic vein obstruction resulting in venous congestion

Decreased intravascular osmotic pressure due to urinary excretion of protein