The book distills the available information on osteoporosis into an easily comprehensible format that serves as a practical guide for busy clinicians.
Contents:Definition & epidemiology -- Basic bone pathophysiology -- Bone densitometry -- Diagnosis -- Identifying patients at risk of fractures -- Non-pharmacologic management of osteopenia and osteoporosis -- Pharmacologic management of osteoporosis, part 1 -- Pharmacologic management of osteoporosis, part 2 -- Monitoring patients on treatment -- Vertebral augmentation procedures -- Corticosteroid-induced bone loss -- Primary hyperparathyroidism -- Premenopausal women -- Men -- Atypical femoral shaft fractures -- Osteonecrosis of the jaw -- Osteoporosis in children and adolescents. / https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1077/thumbnail.jpg
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu_books-1077 |
| Date | 01 January 2013 |
| Creators | Hamdy, Ronald C., Lewiecki, E. Michael |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | ETSU Authors Bookshelf |
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