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215. Two weeks after a fracture of the femur, a 33-year-old female is seen for swelling of the calf of the same leg. The preliminary diagnosis, prior to performance of any noninvasive testing, should include:

216. Symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency might result from all EXCEPT:

217. Patients suspected of having venous disease may complain of pain that is:

218. Patients complaining of pain, swelling, and erythema of the lower extremity may have deep venous thrombosis, but the vascular technologist knows that diagnosing DVT by these symptoms alone is approximately:

219. Bdema caused by deep venous thrombosis is characterized by:

220. All of the following are causes of or risk factors for acute deep venous thrombosis EXCEFT:

221. Complaints of ehronic unilateral lower extremity swelling, aching, and a sense of heaviness most likely suggest:

222. A patient with chronic venous insufficiency complains of sudden onset of edema and pain in the affected leg. This may be related to:

223. Pitting edema of both lower extremities is likely related to:

224. Insufficient veins have the following flow characteristics:

225. With exercise in patients w ith postphlebitie syndrome, which of the following is FALSE?

226. Patients with a swollen limb who have just returned from a country where filariasis is endemic may be suspected of having:

227. A patient presents with bilateral lower extremity edema and nephrotic syndrome. Thrombus is suspected at which level?

228. Lower extremity ulcers are overwhelmingly the result of:

229. Normally, venous flow in the calf is from the superficial to the deep veins through perforating veins. However, this flow might be reversed when:

230. A patient presents with aeute pronounced bright red discoloration and edema of the skin along the anterior calf, The most likely diagnosis is:

231, A patient with a pulmonary embolus might have any or these EXCEPT:

232. Typical findings of skin discoloration in a patient with chronic venous insufficiency are:

233. A condition that presents as a severely swollen, blue, cool lower cxlrcmily is called:

234. The clinical examination for deep venous thrombosis is:

235. Which of the following are NOT associated With Chronic venous disease'?

236. Which of the following is TRUE regarding chronic venous ulceration?

237. Some time after being hit by a car, a patient has severe pain in the anterior aspect of the right knee and massive left lower extremity edema. I he patient most likely has.

238. An elderly patient who presents with localized pain at mid calf has an ultrasound exam that reveals a nonocclusive thrombus of the superficial femoral vein. The callpain became excruciating after administration of heparin. A second ultrasound exam demonstrates:

239. A patient presents with a unilateral chronic swollen leg and a previous diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis 3 years earlier. The most likely finding would be:

240. Chronic deep venous obstruction will increase:

241. Brawny skin changes at the ankle most likely represent:

242. Select the best statement regarding comparison of venous and arterial ulcers.

243. Signs that a general practitioner may use in an attempt to diagnose deep venous thrombosis include all of the following EXCEPT:

244. A common physical finding in pulmonary embolism is:

245. All of the following may be found in the clinical presentation of pulmonary embolism EXCEPT: