Setting up a screening service for abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms are usually asymptomatic. Rupture is associated with a very high mortality. Ultrasound surveillance of aneurysms offers the opportunity to select patients suitable for elective repair, avoiding risk of rupture. This article reports on how an ultrasound screening programme was set up by a nurse specialist rotating through local GP surgeries.
Townsend
Elaine
E
Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant.
Griffiths
Grant
G
Rocker
Mike
M
Winter
Richard
R
Lewis
Mike
M
D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000451:nursing* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014852:Wales