-Client with a new spinal cord injury on a rotating bed
-Older client who is 1-day post hip replacement surgery
-Young obese client with a fractured femur
Conditions that place clients at higher risk of developing PE include prolonged immobility, central venous catheters, surgery, obesity, advancing age, conditions that increase blood clotting, history of thromboembolism, smoking, pregnancy, estrogen therapy, heart failure, stroke, cancer (particularly lung or prostate), and trauma.