1. Based on current evidence-based guidelines, which of the following would you recommend for a post-discharge patient with pulmonary embolism (PE), assuming no cancer is present?

2. How would you respond to a patient at high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) who asks for more information regarding the safety and efficacy of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) versus other anticoagulant strategies such as warfarin?

3. Which of the following can be calculated using quantitative risk-assessment tools for VTE?

4. Your patient is being discharged from the hospital following total hip replacement surgery; how would you counsel this patient regarding the risks of developing VTE post-discharge, based on the current body of evidence?

5. Which of the following anticoagulation strategies would you choose to minimize the risk of bleeding but maximize the chance of adherence in a patient in the outpatient setting requiring longer-term (>3 months) anticoagulant therapy?

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