Dr. Allan Brett discusses the recommendations that affect aspirin initiation in middle-aged and older patients.
NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine recently published a review of the 2022 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement on initiating aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. In a new conversation with Joe Elia (narrator of NEJM Journal Watch's Clinical Conversations podcast), Dr. Allan Brett discusses several aspects of the recommendations that are particularly relevant to practicing primary care clinicians. Dr. Brett is a general internist and Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine; he also wrote the JAMA editorial that accompanied publication of the USPSTF statement. Click for NEJM Journal Watch's coverage of the guideline, and Dr. Brett's audio discussion.