Anticoagulants Flashcards
1
Q
Which patients should not have VTE prophylaxis
A
if a patient is bleeding or at risk of bleeding (including due to a
recent ischaemic stroke) they should not be prescribed warfarin or
heparin
A patient with peripheral arterial disease (usually indicated by absent foot pulses) should not be prescribed compression
stockings (which may cause acute limb ischaemia)
2
Q
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