Cardinal Health

Preventing Venous Thromboembolism: A Healthcare Professional Guide to Intervention 24 VTE Quiz True or False: Mark your answer with an X True False 1. DVT and PE can always be easily diagnosed by observing clinical signs and symptoms. 2. Calf clots are clinically insignificant because they do not embolise (break loose and travel) and do not cause any long term problems. 3. Fatal PE is the most common, preventable cause of hospital deaths. 4. Long-term effects from DVT include post-phlebitic (thrombotic) syndrome and recurrent DVT. 5. Most hospitalised patients have multiple risk factors for VTE. 6. Coagulation abnormalities may result from malignancy, surgical intervention/procedures and dehydration. 7. VTE risk assessment should start at admission and repeated throughout their length of stay. 8. Medical patients are at lower risk for developing DVT and PE. 9. Obesity, immobility and central venous catheters increase a patient’s risk of developing DVT and PE. 10. Please list the three VTE Causal Factors known as Virchow’s Triad: 1: 2: 3: 2 3 1 Virchow’s Triad