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#113 Aspirin for Primary Prevention: Mind the Gap Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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Aspirin for Primary Prophylaxis

New guidelines from the USPSTF give a C grade, meaning shared decision for aspirin for primary prophylaxis. Have they ever had an event that would put them into secondary? If not, check that they're on a statin. Those drugs have so much more benefit than aspirin. The question should probably start with a close and careful examination of whether this patient really is in that primaryProphylaxis world.

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