- 2018 Fall Quarter
Test Module 03 Case Study
Started 10/17/18 12:51 PM
Submitted 10/18/18 4:48 PM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 20 out of 20 points
Time Elapsed 27 hours, 57 minutes
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• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Bonnie, a 52-year-old female, has been having some mild pain in her legs
recently and is not sure if she should be concerned about it. She decides to
visit her primary care physician since the pain isn’t going away. Bonnie tells
her physician that the pain feels like a “general soreness or ache” and seems
to be worse on the left side. Her physician notes that the left lower leg seems
slightly swollen when compared to the right and feels slightly warmer than the
right leg.
Bonnie has a history of smoking (1-2 packs/week in her 20s and 30s). She has
a BMI of 29. She travels often to see her family that lives across the country.
The only medication she has ever taken regularly was oral contraceptives.
Now that she is peri-menopausal, she has been treating her symptoms
with hormone replacement therapy.
Which of these statements is most likely correct?
Selected
Answer: Bonnie has deep vein thrombosis.
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Bonnie’s physician suspects DVT. Which of the following procedures
would likely be used to diagnose this condition?
Selected
Answer: Ultrasound
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Briefly define “thrombus” in your own
words.
Selected
A thrombus is a blood clot that occurs in the circulatory system, often found in
Answer:
people who are sedentary or who have a genetic predisposition to blood
clotting.
Ingleson, Kanna. (2017, July 22). Everything you need to know about a
thrombus. Retrieved
from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318522.php
, • Question 4