You Will Learn
- How to assess a symptomatic patient with suspected DVT in primary care
- How to calculate the Wells score
- When to order a Doppler ultrasound or a D-dimer test
- When to start anticoagulant treatment and how long to continue it
- Which patients need investigating for thrombophilia
Description
We offer expert answers to GPs’ questions on deep vein thrombosis. These include how to establish a patient’s risk of deep vein thrombosis in primary care, when to investigate, how to prescribe anticoagulants, and how to assess a patient who is prone to recurrent deep vein thrombosis
Accreditations
Ask an expert: deep vein thrombosis
This scorm course might not include video lectures
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