Protocol implementation for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: a before-and-after study in medical and surgical patients.
Lisiane Freitas LealMaicon FalavignaMarcelo Basso GazzanaJuçara Gasparetto MaccariFlávia GhizzoniDanielle AlvesBruce Bartholow DuncanRodrigo Antonini RibeiroPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2020)
The results showed that the overall appropriateness of thromboprophylaxis prescription was weakly improved. Despite these results, this study provides evidence to date a bunch of strategies for protocol implementations in private institutions in middle-income countries with an open medical staff, as there are few studies investigating these simple and pragmatic interventions.