The nurse is reinforcing teaching to a patient with thrombophlebitis. Which diagnostic test would the nurse explain is used to confirm thrombophlebitis?
a. Arterial Doppler ultrasonography
b. Chest radiograph
c. Intravenous pyelogram
d. Duplex venous scanning
ANS: D
Duplex venous scanning confirms thrombophlebitis.
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