Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms in outpatient primary care clinics

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 283-288

  Ruff, Allison L ^a   Teng, Kathryn ^a   Hu, Bo ^a   Rothberg, Michael B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AAA; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Incidental screening; Screening; Ultrasound screening; United States Preventative Services Task Force; USPSTF

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; OUTPATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84924070351     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.10.036     Document Type: Article

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