Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms - early assessment briefs (Alert)
Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
Record ID 32004000320
Swedish
Authors' objectives:
This review aims to assess the available evidence on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Authors' recommendations:
Screening a symptom-free population for a condition, the available treatment for which carries a mortality risk of 4-5 percent and a certain measure of morbidity following surgery, poses several ethical issues. Although screening would reduce the incidence of aneurysm-related deaths, a number of patients would die prematurely as a result of the treatment itself. Furthermore, the majority of the aneurysms that are detected would not be large enough to justify preventive surgery. The knowledge that one has an aneurysm that will remain untreated until it has become larger may be difficult to live with. Such issues must be clearly explained to the prospective participants in a screening program.
Authors' methods:
Review
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.sbu.se/Published
Year Published:
2003
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Sweden
MeSH Terms
- Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Mass Screening
Contact
Organisation Name:
Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services
Contact Address:
P.O. Box 3657, SE-103 59 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 4123200, Fax: +46 8 4113260
Contact Name:
registrator@sbu.se
Contact Email:
registrator@sbu.se
Copyright:
Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU)
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