Multifaceted Intervention to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Medical Illness: A Multicenter Cluster-Randomized Trial.

BACKGROUND:Misuse of thromboprophylaxis may increase preventable complications for hospitalized medical patients. OBJECTIVES:To assess the net clinical benefit of a multifaceted intervention in emergency wards (educational lectures, posters, pocket cards, computerized clinical decision support syste...

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Main Authors: Pierre-Marie Roy, Antoine Rachas, Guy Meyer, Grégoire Le Gal, Pierre Durieux, Dominique El Kouri, Didier Honnart, Jeannot Schmidt, Catherine Legall, Pierre Hausfater, Jean-Marie Chrétien, Dominique Mottier, PREVENU study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4881951?pdf=render