What clinical manifestation would indicate that the client has chronic cholecystitis rather than acute cholecystitis?
A. The absence of rebound tenderness
B. The absence of jaundice and bile duct obstruction
C. The presence of clay-colored stools and dark urine
D. The presence of hyperresonance to percussion of the abdomen
C
In chronic cholecystitis, bile duct obstruction results in the absence of urobilinogen to color the stool. Excess circulating bilirubin turns urine dark and foamy.
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