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Unprovoked DVT

Checked: 08-05-2024 by Vicky Ryan Next Review: 07-05-2026

Local guidelines

Patients with unprovoked DVT will usually be followed up by GPCare via the DVT pathway in accordance with NICE Guidance https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng158 which recommends;

‘For people with unprovoked DVT or PE who are not known to have cancer, review the medical history and baseline blood test results including full blood count, renal and hepatic function, PT and APTT, and offer a physical examination. 

Do not offer further investigations for cancer to people with unprovoked DVT or PE unless they have relevant clinical symptoms or signs (for further information, see the NICE guideline on suspected cancer). ‘

(Abdominal CT scan should only be requested for patients with abdominal or pelvic symptoms that do not warrant an alternate investigation first (e.g. upper or lower GI endoscopy). If clinical suspicion of malignancy is high, the patient will require a 2WW referral to an appropriate specialist.)



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