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When Assessing the Patient for Risk for Deep Vein Thrombosis

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When assessing the patient for risk for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ,the nurse should consider which of the following an indicator of increased risk?


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Traffic Accident Rates

Statistics representing the frequency of accidents occurring in traffic, often used for research, planning, and safety analysis.

Sleep Spindles

Brief bursts of brain activity noticeable in EEG recordings during stage 2 of sleep, associated with learning, memory consolidation, and synaptic plasticity.

Stage 2 Sleep

A phase of sleep that is part of the non-REM sleep cycle, characterized by specific brain wave patterns including sleep spindles and K-complexes.

Human Sleep Cycle

The progression through various stages of non-REM and REM sleep that repeats cyclically over a night's sleep.

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