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Novices may be trained to screen for abdominal aortic aneurysms using ultrasound

BACKGROUND: Highly trained vascular sonographers make up a significant cost of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ultrasound screening. However, they are over-trained for this very limited task. Others have reported that health workers (e.g. emergency room staff and nurses) with far less training may b...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Anh TV, Hill, Geraldine B, Versteeg, Matthew PT, Thomson, Ian A, van Rij, Andre M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24261878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-11-42