家庭医学における腹動脈動脈瘤のケアポイント・オブ・スクリーニング (POCUS) による超音波検診の検証

Ryan Paulus1, John Doughton2, Molly Duffy2

  • 1From the Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (RP, JD, MD, WR, LS, KH, PDS); School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC (AL, AM); and the Cecil B Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC (DR, PDS). Ryan_Paulus@med.unc.edu.

まとめ

家族の医師は,診療の際の超音波検査 (POCUS) を使って,腹部大動脈動脈瘤 (AAA) を正確に検診することができます. このPOCUSスクリーニングは,従来の病院での超音波検査と良好な一致を示し,早期発見を助け,死亡率を低減します.

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