DVT PREVENTION - COORDINATING
CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH
VASCULAR DISORDERS EXAM
DVT - Deep Vein Thrombosis - Correct Answers -blood clot in a large vein, usually in
the leg or pelvis
PE - Pulmonary Embolism - Correct Answers -Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a
blood clot
VTE - Venous thromboembolism - Correct Answers -the disease process that includes
DVT & PE
DVT can detach from the site of formation and become mobile in the _____ ______. -
Correct Answers -blood stream
If a circulating blood clot moves from the heart to the lungs, it can block an artery
supplying _____ to the lungs. - Correct Answers -blood
True or False?
10-30% of persons who survived first occurrence of VTE will develop another VTE
within 3-5 years. - Correct Answers -True
Manifestations of VTE - Correct Answers -Deep vein thrombosis
Pulmonary embolism
VTE disease process often starts in - Correct Answers -one of the large veins of the leg
with the formation of a blood clot
VTEs can occur because of - Correct Answers -Vessel wall injuries
Pathological increase of the coagulability of the blood
Circulation deficits r/t venous stasis
Blood clots consist mostly of - Correct Answers -RBCs held loosely together by fibrin
, Increased risk of VTE - Correct Answers -Immobility (may be r/t surgery, trauma,
nursing home confinement)
Major orthopedic surgery
Increased age
Active cancer
Varicose vein
Prior venous thrombosis
Pregnancy or postpartum
Oral contraceptive or hormone therapy
Central vein catheterization (CVA)
Transvenous pacemaker insertion
Clinical manifestations of DVT - Correct Answers -Pain
Swelling
Tenderness
Discoloration
Redness
Warmth
DVT diagnostics - Correct Answers -PTP - Pre-test probability (Well score - categorizes
patients on high/moderate/or low probability)
Labs - D-dimer
Imaging - Compression ultrasonography (CUS)
Medical management - prevention - Correct Answers -Ambulation
Virchow's triad - describes the factors implicated in the formation of a venous
thrombosis - Correct Answers -Describes the - decreased flow rate of blood (stasis),
damage to blood vessel wall (endothelial injury, increased tendency to clot
(hypercoagulability)
CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH
VASCULAR DISORDERS EXAM
DVT - Deep Vein Thrombosis - Correct Answers -blood clot in a large vein, usually in
the leg or pelvis
PE - Pulmonary Embolism - Correct Answers -Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a
blood clot
VTE - Venous thromboembolism - Correct Answers -the disease process that includes
DVT & PE
DVT can detach from the site of formation and become mobile in the _____ ______. -
Correct Answers -blood stream
If a circulating blood clot moves from the heart to the lungs, it can block an artery
supplying _____ to the lungs. - Correct Answers -blood
True or False?
10-30% of persons who survived first occurrence of VTE will develop another VTE
within 3-5 years. - Correct Answers -True
Manifestations of VTE - Correct Answers -Deep vein thrombosis
Pulmonary embolism
VTE disease process often starts in - Correct Answers -one of the large veins of the leg
with the formation of a blood clot
VTEs can occur because of - Correct Answers -Vessel wall injuries
Pathological increase of the coagulability of the blood
Circulation deficits r/t venous stasis
Blood clots consist mostly of - Correct Answers -RBCs held loosely together by fibrin
, Increased risk of VTE - Correct Answers -Immobility (may be r/t surgery, trauma,
nursing home confinement)
Major orthopedic surgery
Increased age
Active cancer
Varicose vein
Prior venous thrombosis
Pregnancy or postpartum
Oral contraceptive or hormone therapy
Central vein catheterization (CVA)
Transvenous pacemaker insertion
Clinical manifestations of DVT - Correct Answers -Pain
Swelling
Tenderness
Discoloration
Redness
Warmth
DVT diagnostics - Correct Answers -PTP - Pre-test probability (Well score - categorizes
patients on high/moderate/or low probability)
Labs - D-dimer
Imaging - Compression ultrasonography (CUS)
Medical management - prevention - Correct Answers -Ambulation
Virchow's triad - describes the factors implicated in the formation of a venous
thrombosis - Correct Answers -Describes the - decreased flow rate of blood (stasis),
damage to blood vessel wall (endothelial injury, increased tendency to clot
(hypercoagulability)
