Estimating overdiagnosis in screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: could a change in smoking habits and lowered aortic diameter tip the balance of screening towards harm?

BMJ. 2015 Mar 3:350:h825. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h825.

Authors

Minna Johansson¹, Anders Hansson¹, John Brodersen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Research Unit and Section for General Practice, FoUU-centrum Fyrbodal, Vänersborg, Sweden minna.johansson@vgregion.se.
² Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 25736421
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h825

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnosis
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / epidemiology
Asymptomatic Diseases
Diagnostic Errors*
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / adverse effects
Smoking / epidemiology
Sweden / epidemiology
Ultrasonography
United Kingdom / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology