Anticoagulation
9 free questions tagged Anticoagulation, each with a full explanation of every option.
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A 66-year-old woman is on day 8 after an elective total hip replacement and has been receiving subcutaneous enoxaparin 40 mg daily since surgery. Her platelet c…
Haematology and Oncology · Pre-internship · niche
A 52-year-old Aboriginal woman from a community in Cape York presents with a week of palpitations and breathlessness on walking to the store. She had several ep…
Cardiovascular · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 79-year-old woman is admitted with ongoing lower gastrointestinal bleeding and a haemoglobin concentration of 72 g/L (reference range 115–155). She is receivi…
Cardiovascular · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 68-year-old man with metastatic oesophageal cancer develops a symptomatic proximal deep vein thrombosis. He completed treatment for melaena from the tumour tw…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 71-year-old man receiving an unfractionated heparin infusion for a recent pulmonary embolus develops recurrent haematemesis and hypotension. The infusion is s…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 70-year-old woman is recovering from a small ischaemic stroke and is found to have persistent atrial fibrillation. She has normal renal function and no eviden…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 66-year-old man with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma develops a symptomatic proximal deep vein thrombosis. He has a friable gastric lesion with recent occul…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 76-year-old woman taking warfarin for atrial fibrillation attends for a routine INR check, which returns at 11.0 (target 2.0–3.0). She recently completed a co…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 31-year-old woman at 10 weeks of pregnancy develops unilateral calf swelling and pleuritic discomfort. Ultrasound confirms a proximal femoral deep-vein thromb…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
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