Abdominal aortic aneurysm: diagnosis and management

Supporting evidence

• Evidence review

• Evidence reviews

• A: Risk factors for predicting presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (PDF 2.59 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• B: Imaging techniques to diagnose abdominal aortic aneurysms (PDF 1.56 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• C: Risk factors associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm growth or rupture (PDF 570 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• D: Monitoring for abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion and risk of rupture (PDF 1.83 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• E: Non-surgical interventions for slowing aneurysm growth and reducing the risk of rupture (PDF 933 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• F: Thresholds for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (PDF 983 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• G: Tests for predicting outcomes after repair of unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (PDF 790 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• H: Risk assessment tools for predicting surgical outcomes of patients who undergo elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (PDF 972 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• I: CT angiography with post-processing techniques (PDF 454 KB)

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• J: Pre- and postoperative interventions to optimise outcomes after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (PDF 1.21 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• K: Effectiveness of endovascular aneurysm repair, open surgical repair and non-surgical management of unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (PDF 1.72 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• K2: Observational evidence on the effectiveness of endovascular aneurysm repair compared with open surgical repair of unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (PDF 2.02 MB)

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• L: Anaesthesia and analgesia for people having surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (PDF 1.52 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• M: Goal-directed therapy during repair of unruptured and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (PDF 779 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• N: Signs, symptoms and risk factors predicting ruptured or symptomatic unruptured aneurysms before arrival at the hospital, and in non-specialist hospital settings (PDF 387 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• O: Signs, symptoms and risk factors indicating suitability for transfer to a regional vascular service (PDF 360 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• P: Time period for transfer to regional vascular services (PDF 419 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• Q: Permissive hypotension during transfer of people with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm to regional vascular services (PDF 393 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• R: Use of tranexamic acid during transfer of people with ruptured or symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm (PDF 370 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• S: Risk factors for predicting survival after abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture (PDF 1.16 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• T: Effectiveness of endovascular aneurysm repair compared with open surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (PDF 1.23 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• U: Preventing abdominal compartment syndrome following repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (PDF 406 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• V: Postoperative surveillance after surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (PDF 470 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• W: Accuracy of imaging techniques in identifying complications after surgery (PDF 3.68 MB)

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  19 March 2020

• X: Managing complications after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (PDF 506 KB)

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  19 March 2020

• Y: Health economics appendix (PDF 11.95 MB)

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  19 March 2020