A 56-year-old female is conscious and alert and complaining of diarrhea and nausea. The patient describes a two-day history of her symptoms and states that the pain is "all over her abdomen." All four quadrants are tender to palpation. She also describes hematochezia. PMH includes CAD, and she recently began taking 325 mg of ASA once a day. Of the following, which is the most likely cause of her clinical condition?
A) Diverticulitis
B) Peptic ulcer
C) Acute pancreatitis
D) Acute gastroenteritis
D
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