Anticoagulant therapy may be used for which situation(s)? (Select all that apply.)
a. To prevent stroke in patients at high risk
b. Following a myocardial infarction
c. Following total hip or knee joint replacement surgery
d. With DVT
e. To prevent thrombosis in immobilized patients
f. Peptic ulcer disease
ANS: A, B, C, D, E
Anticoagulant therapy is used to treat patients at high risk for stroke; patients with thromboembolic diseases, such as myocardial infarction; those at risk of developing thrombus resulting from underlying medical conditions or disease; and patients with thromboembolic diseases, such as DVT. Anticoagulant therapy is not used to treat patients with peptic ulcer disease.
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