An Overview of Osteoporosis Management

نویسندگان

چکیده

Osteoporosis is one of the most common disorders around world. Osteoporotic fracture especially hip are associated with an increased mortality rate in elders. However, elders osteoporosis or at high risk fractures remain largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. The screening, diagnosis, treatment must be improved to maintain pace its fast-growing prevalence. This review will cover factors osteoporosis, screening diagnosis tools, newfound advancements, current medical treatments including options for special populations concern, future research directions.

برای دانلود باید عضویت طلایی داشته باشید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

An overview and management of osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis -related to various factors including menopause and aging- is the most common chronic metabolic bone disease, which is characterized by increased bone fragility. Although it is seen in all age groups, gender, and races, it is more common in Caucasians (white race), older people, and women. With an aging population and longer life span, osteoporosis is increasingly becoming a global...

متن کامل

An Overview of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is the outcome of a group of diseases with diverse etiology of which post menopausal variety makes up a significant share. Consensus Development Conference defined osteoporosis as “a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration with a consequent increase in bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture”1. It has been operationally de...

متن کامل

Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: an overview

Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP) is one of the most serious adverse effects of glucocorticoids. Despite guidelines on the management of GIOP, effective medications and fracture outpatient clinics, this condition remains under-recognized and under-treated. This review covers recent insights into mechanisms involved in GIOP, monitoring for adverse effects of glucocorticoids on bone and ...

متن کامل

An expanded overview of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Why is the incidence of osteoporotic fracture so much higher in women than in men? The dominant medical view holds that the exaggerated skeletal fragility and fracture risk of postmenopausal women solely reflects the loss of bone following withdrawal of endogenous estrogen. Indeed, an enormous amount of research in this area has attempted to understand the rise in fractures after menopause in t...

متن کامل

Osteoporosis: An Overview and Treatment Options

Introduction I have researched and written about this subject because my wife has osteoporosis. I was also encouraged to write this by Zoe's doctor, Lois Johnson, MD of Sebastopol, California. She has worked with Zoe over a number years to help treat her osteoporosis. Lois is an amazing Health Care Practitioner and I highly recommend her. As of this writing of this paper she is still taking new...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: OBM geriatrics

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2638-1311']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.geriatr.2104181