Estimating overdiagnosis in screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: Could a change in smoking habits and lowered aortic diameter tip the balance of screening towards harm?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Johansson, Minna ^a,b   Hansson, Anders ^a,b   Brodersen, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b FoUU centrum i Fyrbodal   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; OVERDIAGNOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SMOKING; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SMOKING; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925778555     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h825     Document Type: Article

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