A Patient Is Admitted with Acute Abdominal Trauma

A patient is admitted with acute abdominal trauma.The patient has a positive Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST scan) and is hemodynamically unstable.What procedure should the nurse anticipate next?

A) Emergency surgery
B) Diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL)
C) Computed tomography scan
D) Intraabdominal pressure monitoring

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