Rastreio Oportunístico de Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal à Cabeceira do Doente num Internamento de Medicina Interna Point of Care Opportunist Screening of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in an Internal Medicine Ward

da Aorta Abdominal/diagnós-tico por imagem; Programas de Rastreio; Ultrassonografia. Abstract: The different subset of patients vascular surgery attendant or abdominal computed tomography scan (established as gold standard evaluations). Agreement between both internal medicine resident’s observations and internal medicine residents’ and gold standard evaluations were analyzed. Results: A total of 98 patients were evaluated, with 8 abdominal aortic aneurysms diagnosed, resulting in an 8.2% prevalence. There was good agreement regarding Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm presence and measurement between internal medicine residents’ examinations ( κ = 0.918, p < 0.01) and internal medicine residents’/gold standard ( κ = 0.950, p < 0.01). of wards, providing an early diagnosis and referral for elective repair surgery.