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Use of a Web-based clinical decision support system to improve abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in a primary care practice

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends a one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with ultrasonography for men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. However, despite a mortality rate of up to 80% for ruptured AAAs, providers orde...

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Autores principales: Chaudhry, Rajeev, Tulledge-Scheitel, Sidna M, Parks, Doug A, Angstman, Kurt B, Decker, Lindsay K, Stroebel, Robert J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21401808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01661.x