Routine screening for asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm in high-risk patients is not recommended in emergency departments that are frequently crowded

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1242-1250

  Hoffmann, Beatrice ^a,b   Um, Patrick ^a   Bessman, Edward S ^a,b   Ding, Ru ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Emergency medicine; Health screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 73249125400     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00502.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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