Protocolo de solicitação de ressonância magnética do joelho em pacientes idosos com suspeita de osteoartrose: Redução da solicitação de exames e o impacto na conduta e no diagnóstico *

Abstract

Objective To develop an evidence-based protocol to guide magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) requests in lderly patients with suspected knee osteoarthrosis and to evaluate its effectiveness after implementation. Methods The institutional protocol was developed after reviewing the literature during the first semester of 2018. The control group was defined as patients cared for in the first semester of 2018, before the implementation/dissemination of the institutional protocol, and the study group was composed by patients cared for during the second semester of 2018 after the standardization of MRI requests for suspected knee osteoarthrosis.