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| immobilty, obesity, smoking, hx, chf, pedal edema, atrial fibrillation (blood stays in heart too long), cardiac valve stenosis (blood clot on valve), surgery, atherosclerosis, contraceptive use are all... |
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| s: edema, pain, if superficial: warmth following path of vein |
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| S: chest pain, cough, hemoptysis, tachypnea, tachycardia, shock, cyanosis, and death |
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| heparin, lovenox, warfarin (coumadin), aspirin are all |
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| anticoagulants for DVT PE therapy |
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| prevents clotting during cardiac and vascular sugery. IV/Subq, monitor PTT |
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to manage acute dvt/pe,
test for heparin,
tests normal coagulation.
want results to be thinner
norm 25-35s
therapeutic 45-70 |
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| PTT (partial thromboplastin time) |
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for prevention of dvt/pe and to prevent mi
subq in ab (NO ASPIRATION of syringe)
monitor platelets |
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longterm prevention of pe/dvt, atrial fibrillation, prosthetic heart valves.
oral
monitor INR based on PT test |
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Monitor INR with results.
INR 2-3
around 18 seconds |
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anti-platelet effect (blood less sticky)
oral
monitor gi upset |
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must monitor for bleeding:
melana (blood in stool)
vitals
hematuria (blood in urine)
PTT/INR labs
avoid razors, walking barefoot |
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ALL pts using anticoagulant therapy
(aspirin, warfarin/coumadin, lovenox, heparin) |
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| test to check for blood clots. Monitors amount of fibrin in blood. looking for fragements of blood clots |
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