A 52-year-old woman with bilateral leg edema and long-haul flight presents with calf pain. Wells score suggests low probability of DVT. D-dimer is neg...

Question

A 52-year-old woman with bilateral leg edema and long-haul flight presents with calf pain. Wells score suggests low probability of DVT. D-dimer is negative. Next step?

Accepted Answer

No imaging; DVT excluded

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Compression ultrasonography regardless

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Start anticoagulation for 7 days empirically

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CT venography

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MRI venography

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): DVT Evaluation

A 52-year-old woman with bilateral leg edema and long-haul flight presents with calf pain. Wells score suggests low probability of DVT. D-dimer is negative. Next step?