Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm with electronic clinical reminders

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 670-674

  Padberg Jr , Frank T ^a,b   Hauck, Karen ^a   Mercer, Richard G ^a   Lal, B K ^a,b   Pappas, Peter J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Electronic medical record; Screening for AAA

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 71749110617     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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