Venous Thromboemboli: Should your patient with a DVT be admitted?

Learning Objectives: Feel confident in identifying risk factors for developing VTEs Counsel patients on consequences of DVTs Understand basic treatment recommendations for DVTs and superficial venous thrombosis Be confident in who can be treated as an outpatient for DVT What will not be covered: Pulmonary emboli (pathogenesis, sequelae, treatment, etc.) Diagnosis of VTEs Pharmacology/dosing of anticoagulants Pathophysiology of inherited thrombophilias Pathophysiology of acquired thrombophilias Anatomy of all the veins in the body Pros/cons of thrombolysis and thrombectomy VTE prophylaxis Presentation: 51:1