<prompt> A 17-year-old girl presents to the emergency depament with a stab wound to the abdomen in the anterior axillary line at the right costal margin. BP is 8050 mm Hg, PR is 120 bpm, and RR is 28 breaths per minute. Two large-bore IV lines, a nasogastric tube, and a Foleys catheter are inseed. BP rises to 9060 mm Hg after 2 L of Ringers lactate. The appropriate management is which of the following?Peritoneal lavageUltrasound of the abdomenLaparoscopic assessment of the peritoneal cavityExploratory laparotomy  <response>: A patient without other sources of blood loss who presents to the emergency depament with a stab wound to the abdomen and in shock should have an expeditious exploratory laparotomy. The other tests will waste precious time and are contraindicated in a patient in shock. 