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Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2005;293:1440.

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The US Preventive Services Task Force is now recommending that men between the ages of 65 and 75 years who are or have been smokers receive a one-time ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms. The Task Force based this advice on a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, in Portland, which examined the benefits and harms of population-based abdominal aortic aneurysm screening (Fleming et al. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:203-211).

In a 1996 review, the Task Force found insufficient evidence to recommend them. This latest report showed that screening and surgery to repair large abdominal aortic aneurysms significantly reduce mortality for older men who are current or past smokers. Research to date indicates that these aneurysms occur less frequently in women and in men who have never smoked and that the potential harms of screening may outweigh potential benefits for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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