title: Standard of care and guidelines in prevention and diagnosis of venous thromboembolism: medico-legal implications.
abstract: Concerning recent Italian laws and jurisprudential statements, guidelines application involves several difficulties in clinical practice, regarding prevention, diagnosis and therapy of venous thromboembolism. International scientific community systematically developed statements about this disease in order to optimize the available resources in prophylaxis, diagnosis and therapy. Incongruous prevention, missed or delayed diagnosis and/or inadequate treatment of this disease can frequently give rise to medico-legal litigation.
authors.affiliation: University of Brescia. andrea.verzeletti@unibs.it.
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vassalini
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verzeletti
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Ferrari
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016365:Liability, Legal; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D059039:Standard of Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*