Population
65 general surgeons who responded to a mailed questionnaire (out of 100 mailed)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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VTE prophylaxis remains inadequate with PE under-recognized among surgeons; hypothesis-generating for education and prospective adherence studies.
Despite a majority of general surgeons using some form of VTE prophylaxis, the methods are often inadequate and pulmonary embolism is under-recognized as a significant problem by non-users.
Sebastian Conti (1980) studied this question.
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