A 50-year-old woman presents with new calf swelling and pain after a long-haul flight. Compression ultrasonography confirms a proximal DVT. She has no...

Question

A 50-year-old woman presents with new calf swelling and pain after a long-haul flight. Compression ultrasonography confirms a proximal DVT. She has no cancer, normal renal function, and no pregnancy. According to Canadian guidelines, which anticoagulant strategy is preferred for initial and long-term treatment?

Accepted Answer

Direct oral anticoagulant such as apixaban or rivaroxaban as monotherapy

Answer

Low-molecular-weight heparin overlapped and bridged to warfarin

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Low-dose aspirin monotherapy

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No anticoagulation is required for provoked DVT

Answer

Fondaparinux for 5 days only

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Acute proximal DVT anticoagulation choice