A 30-Year-Old Patient Is Diagnosed with a Third Episode of DVT

question 11

Multiple Choice

A 30-year-old patient is diagnosed with a third episode of DVT. He is currently hospitalized and receiving heparin therapy. The physician orders a thrombotic risk battery of tests. What is the most appropriate action that the laboratory professional should take?

• A) Call the physician and explain that testing will not be accurate during anticoagulant therapy and during the thrombotic episode
• B) Perform the battery of tests in the thrombosis risk profile but note that results are not reliable
• C) Perform a PT and an APTT, and, if prolonged, refuse to do the testing
• D) Call the physician and explain that this patient is not a candidate for thrombosis risk testing

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