Assessment of a patient's right lower extremity reveals swelling and warmth, and the patient reports pain in the extremity. The nurse would anticipate the administration of which drug?
a. Aspirin (ASA)
b. Clopidogrel (Plavix)
c. Enoxaparin (Lovenox)
d. Bivalirudin (Angiomax )
C
The patient's clinical manifestations correlate with deep vein thrombosis, and enoxaparin is in-dicated for the treatment of established DVT.
Aspirin is used to prevent arterial thrombosis.
Clopidogrel is indicated for prevention of stenosis of coronary stents and secondary prevention of myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic strokes.
Bivalirudin is indicated for patients with unstable angina who are undergoing coronary angiop-lasty.
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