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Follow-up Protocol from UK AAA screening programme
Result | Follow-up | Primary Care |
Normal (985 in 1,000 men)
| No treatment or further scans required Man discharged from screening programme | GP informed of outcome by letter |
Small or medium aneurysm (14 in 1,000 men)
| Man offered yearly surveillance Man offered three monthly surveillance Appointment with nurse practitioner/ vascular nurse offered at or before first surveillance scan | GP is informed, by letter, of the outcomes of screening and appointment with nurse Review and prescribing of medication may be appropriate Patient may require regular blood pressure monitoring Steps patient can take which may slow growth of the aneurysm:
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Large aneurysm (1 in 1,000 men)
| Man referred to consultant vascular surgeon within defined and agreed Screening Programme Vascular Network by screening programme coordinator | GP informed by phone call/fax and then by letter Steps patient can take in advance of potential treatment:
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