Identifying Acute Pulmonary Embolism through Laboratory Findings
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What is a contributing factor to the development of pulmonary embolism?

  • Lung damage
  • Fever
  • Stasis of venous blood flow (correct)
  • Heart damage

    • What is the term for the excessive clotting of blood?

  • Embolism
  • Stasis
  • Thrombus
  • Hypercoagulability (correct)

    • What can form as a result of hypercoagulability and stasis of venous blood flow?

  • Lung damage
  • Embolism
  • Thrombus (correct)
  • Fever

    • What is the term for the obstruction of a blood vessel by a thrombus that has broken loose from another site?

    <p>Embolism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential consequence of a pulmonary embolism?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

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