[Guideline on abdominal aortic aneurysm: few points of departure for the general practitioner].
A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is often a dramatic event with high mortality. The general practitioner needs more specific tools to select at-risk patients for screening and to identify symptomatic or presymptomatic patients for diagnostic interventions. The evidence-based practice guideline 'Diagnosis and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm' offers basic diagnostic and therapeutic concepts. However, general practitioners see patients with non-specific symptoms or even without symptoms at all. Methods to identify patients with the highest risk of rupture are still lacking.
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Public Health en Eerstelijnsgeneeskunde, Leiden, The Netherlands. a.knuistingh_neven@lumc.nl
Arie Knuistingh
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D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D005194:Family Practice; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment