▹Leona is 52 years old and smokes. She is also overweight and has atherosclerosis. When she was given a 2-week vacation from work, she packed up her bags and flew from Minnesota to Sydney, Australia, for the trip she always wanted to take. Unfortunately, just 3 days after she arrived, she was hospitalized when her left calf became inflamed, causing her considerable pain. The physician attending to her told her she developed a deep vein thrombosis. When Leona was in hospital, she received heparin therapy.
▸Why the trip to Australia contributed to Leona’s DVT? Why was Leona already at risk for thrombus development?
▸Why heparin was taken to treat her DVT? Why was she not given heparin tablets to take back to the hotel with her?
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