A 56-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Right

question 117

Multiple Choice

A 56-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to right lower extremity pain and swelling.  The symptoms began shortly after he flew back to the United States from a 7-day cruise in Indonesia.  Doppler ultrasonography reveals a femoropopliteal venous thrombosis, and the patient is given anticoagulation with rivaroxaban.  Compared to vitamin K antagonists, this patient's treatment is most likely to have which of the following benefits?

• A)Better patient compliance
• B)Greater efficacy
• C)Less risk of thrombocytopenia
• D)No need for loading dose
• E)Less variability in therapeutic effect

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