Venous Thromboembolism Topic

Question 1

Test used to rule out VTE

Answer 1

D-DIMER TEST

Question 2

Indication of imaging test for DVT in terms of Well’s score

Answer 2

Atleast 1

Question 3

Indication of imaging test for PE in terms of Well score

Answer 3

At least 5

Question 4

INITIAL imaging of choice for DVT

Answer 4

VENOUS ULTRASOUND

Question 5

INITIAL imaging of choice for PE

Answer 5

Chest CT with IV contrast

Question 6

Finding in VENOUS UTZ indicating DVT

Answer 6

LOSS OF VEIN COMPRESSIBILITY OR VEIN INCOMPRESSIBILITY

Question 7

Finding in CT SCAN indicating PE

Answer 7

Intraluminal filling defect in MORE THAN 1 Projections

Question 8

Known as the GREAT MASQUERADER

Answer 8

PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Question 9

Most common symptom of PE

Answer 9

Unexplained breathlessness

Question 10

Most common symptom of DVT

Answer 10

Abnormal and diagnostic of ABI

Question 11

MOST FREQUENT cited abnormality in the ECG for PE

Answer 11

SINUS TACHYCARDIA

Question 12

Most common ECG abnormality in PE

Answer 12

T-wave inversion in V1-V4

Question 13

FOCAL OLIGEMIA in CXR for PE

WHAT SIGN

Answer 13

WESTERMARK SIGN

Question 14

WHAT SIGN

ENLARGED RIGHT DESCENDING PULMONARY ARTERY in CXR for PE

Answer 14

PALLA Sign

Question 15

WHAT SIGN

PERIPHERAL WEDGE-SHAPED DENSITY at the pleural base in CXR for PE

Answer 15

HAMPTON HUMP

Question 16

Most common 2D Echo finding in PE

Answer 16

NORMAL

Question 17

WHAT SIGN

Known as HYPOKINESIS of the RV free wall with HYPERKINETIC motion of the RV apex in 2D echo in PE

Answer 17

McCONNEL Sign