Participants included all patients who were seen in a primary care office and were eligible for screening by USPSTF guidelines. The primary outcome was percentage of eligible patients screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm by ultrasound or other abdominal imaging. There were 15,120 patients eligible ...
doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2010.11.021PubMedGoogle Scholar USPSTF Report: Primary Care Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm JAMA US Preventive Services Task Force December 10, 2019 This systematic review to support the 2019 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on screening for ...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is often asymptomatic until complications such as rupture occur. AAAs are often incidentally detected during imaging for other disorders. Risk factors include old age, male gender, and smoking; there is an association with vascular disorders, hypertension, and hyperlipide...
Since 2007, Medicare has provided one-time abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening for men with smoking history, and men and women with a family history of AAA as part of its Welcome to Medicare visit. We examined utilization of the new AAA screening benefit and estimated how increased utili...
Prevalence and Associations of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Detected through Screening Independent risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) have not been clearly defined in multivariable analyses of large patient populations.To identi... FA Lederle,GR Johnson,SE Wilson,... - 《Annals of Internal...
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: recommendation statement. AHRQ publication 05-0569-A, February 2005. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf05/aaascr/aaars.htm. Accessed June 1, 2012 5. Greenhalgh RM, Brown LC, Kwong GP, Powell JT, Thompson SG.EVAR trial participants. Comparison ...
BACKGROUND: The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines recommend one-time abdominal aortic aneurysm ultrasound screening for men aged 65 to 75 years who ever smoked. Reported screening rates have been 13% to 26% but did not include computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ...
(I statement) The USPSTF recommends against routine screening for AAA in women who have never smoked. (D recommendation)LeFevreU.S. Preventive Services Task ForceMichael L.U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceAnnals of Internal MedicineLeFevre,M.L..Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: U.S. ...
Although the risk for rupture varies greatly by aneurysm size, the associated risk for death with rupture is as high as 81%. Objective :To update its 2014 recommendation, the USPSTF commissioned a review of the evidence on the effectiveness of 1-time and repeated screening for AAA, the ...
Its time has come Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has intuitively seemed an ideal candidate for detection by screening for many years. It is a common condition, especially in older men, has a long asymptomatic period of development, and is accurately detected by ultrasound. Treatment prior to ...