USPSTF: Screen Older Male Smokers for AAA (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Routine, one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with an ultrasound should be confined to men ages 65 to 75 who have ever smoked, updated draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reiterated.

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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 27, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

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