The nurse is caring for a client who has history of thrombosis. The client asks, "I never want to have another pulmonary embolus in the lung again
Is there something that can be done to prevent them?" Which options would the nurse state and encourage discussion with the physician? Select all that apply. A) Anticoagulant therapy
B) A vena caval filter
C) Thrombolytic therapy
D) A vena caval plication
E) A thrombectomy
A, B, D
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Prevention of thrombus development and moving to the lung is key. Prevention of thrombus development in the system can be obtained from anticoagulant therapy which interrupts the clotting cascade. Once a thrombus has formed, the vena caval filter and vena caval plication can interrupt the movement to the lungs. Thrombolytic therapy breaks a clot apart current thrombus travel through the system or wedged in a vessel, and a thrombectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a thrombus from a vessel. Both are following thrombus movement.
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