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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0872-671X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Interna]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Interna]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0872-671X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0872-671X2021000400012</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24950/rspmi.o.96.4.2021</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Point of Care Opportunist Screening of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in an Internal Medicine Ward]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Rastreio Oportunístico de Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal à Cabeceira do Doente num Internamento de Medicina Interna]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferreira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tânia Araújo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martins]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sara Raquel Pereira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Oliveira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Branco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Catarina Castelo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marinho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Teixeira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Loureiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luís]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Neves]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[João]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto Internal Medicine Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Porto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto Vascular Surgery Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Porto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>12</fpage>
<lpage>16</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0872-671X2021000400012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0872-671X2021000400012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0872-671X2021000400012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction:  Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a prevalent disease in western world, with a high mortality rate when rupture occurs. Screening programs and elective surgery may prevent such a life-threatening event. We pretend to evaluate if internal medicine residents would be able to perform quality abdominal ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysm screening, and therefore increase our diagnostic accuracy of this life-threatening condition.  Material and Methods:  Five internal medicine residents without previous experience in ultrasound screened men over 65 years admitted to Internal Medicine wards for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. The patients were evaluated in different times by two internal medicine residents, and a subset of patients was also evaluated by vascular surgery attendant or abdominal computed tomography scan (established as gold standard evaluations). Agreement between both internal medicine resident&#8217;s observations and internal medicine residents&#8217; 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&#8217; examinations (&#954; = 0.918, p &lt; 0.01) and internal medicine residents&#8217;/gold standard (&#954; = 0.950, p &lt; 0.01).  Discussion and Conclusion:  Abdominal aortic aneurysm prevalence in our study was high. Internal medicine residents were able to accurately diagnose aortic abdominal aneurysm. Point of care opportunistic aortic abdominal aneurysm screening can be performed in Internal Medicine wards, providing an early diagnosis and referral for elective repair surgery.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo:  Introdução:  O aneurisma da aorta abdominal é uma entidade prevalente no mundo ocidental, com elevada mortalidade associada à rotura do aneurisma. Os programas de rastreio assim como a cirurgia eletiva podem prevenir este evento com elevado risco de vida. Com este trabalho pretendemos avaliar se os internos de Medicina Interna são capazes de realizar ecografia abdominal para rastreio de aneurisma da aorta abdominal, e com isso aumentar a nossa precisão diagnóstica desta condição potencialmente ameaçadora de vida.  Material e Métodos:  Cinco internos de Medicina Interna, sem experiência prévia em ecografia, rastrearam para aneurisma da aorta abdominal, homens com mais de 65 anos, admitidos no internamento de Medicina Interna. Os doentes foram avaliados em dois tempos diferentes por dois internos de Medicina Interna, e um conjunto de doentes foi também avaliado por um cirurgião vascular ou por tomografia computadorizada abdominal (sendo ambas consideradas as avaliações gold standard). A concordância entre ambas avaliações dos internos de Medicina, e dos internos de Medicina e as avaliações gold standard foram analisadas.  Resultados:  Foram avaliados 98 doentes e diagnosticados um total de 8 aneurismas da aorta abdominal, perfazendo uma prevalência de 8,2%. Foi obtida uma boa concordância no que diz respeito à presença de aneurisma da aorta abdominal e à sua medição entre as avaliações dos internos de Medicina Interna (&#954; = 0,918, p &lt; 0,01) e entre os internos de Medicina Interna e as avaliações gold standard (&#954; = 0,950, p &lt; 0,01).  Discussão e Conclusão:  A prevalência do aneurisma da aorta abdominal no nosso estudo foi elevada. Os internos de Medicina Interna são capazes de diagnosticar esta entidade com precisão. O rastreio oportunístico e à cabeceira do doente, pode ser realizado durante o internamento na Medicina Interna, providenciando um diagnóstico precoce, com possibilidade de referenciação para cirurgia eletiva de reparação.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/diagnostic imaging]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mass Screening]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ultrasonography.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/diagnóstico por imagem]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Programas de Rastreio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ultrassonografia.]]></kwd>
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