Osteoporosis Imaging in the Geriatric Patient

Geriatric osteoporosis.

EPIDEMIOLOGY 1,2,3 • 44 million adults in the US have abnormally low bone mass • 40% of all women and 25% of all men will experience a fragility fracture in their lifetime. • osteoporosis accounts for 800,000 vertebral compression fractures, 300,000 hip fractures and 250,000 wrist fractures annually. • The consequences of those fractures are significant: the mortality for hip fracture is 24% in...

Reframing the geriatric patient.

The Geriatric Psittacine Patient

This article addresses the aging pet psittacine population’s geriatric disease conditions. Over the past twenty five years, avian husbandry and medicine have undergone drastic changes, including a significant increase in domestically raised pet birds and major advances in avian nutrition. Despite the potentially adverse psychological affects of incubator hatching and handraising (which is a sep...

A Practical Approach to Osteoporosis Management in the Geriatric Population

Osteoporosis is a medical condition that is seen commonly in elderly patients, and it is associated with a large burden of morbidity and mortality. This article provides a practical approach to the workup and management of osteoporosis in patients 65 years or older.

magnetic resonance imaging in dentistry

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