USPSTF Recommends Screening for AAA in Older Men Who Ever Smoked

The third U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has been releasing new and updated guidelines periodically (guidelines homepage).

USPSTF 3 concludes each of its guidelines with a recommendation, graded as follows:

A -- The intervention is strongly recommended.

B -- The intervention is recommended.

C -- The USPSTF makes no recommendation for or against the intervention.

D -- The intervention is not routinely recommended.

I -- Evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against the intervention.

The USPSTF recommends one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) by ultrasonography in older men (age range, 65-75) who have ever smoked (defined in surveys as lifetime intake, ≥100 cigarettes).

According to findings from four population-b…