Archives of osteoporosis
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Archives of osteoporosis · Mar 2019
ReviewThe 2018 Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in Greece.
We report the updated guidelines for the management of osteoporosis in Greece, which include guidance on fracture risk assessment, diagnosis-pharmacological treatment-follow-up of osteoporosis based on updated information, and national evidence from Greek clinical practice and the healthcare setting.
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Archives of osteoporosis · Mar 2019
Epidemiological and clinical study of hip fracture in hospitalized elderly patients in Shanghai, China.
In this study, we attempted to determine the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of hip fracture in the elderly. We find that elderly people with hip fracture have multiple comorbidities and suffer numerous complications.
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Archives of osteoporosis · Mar 2019
The association between hepatitis and osteoporosis: a nested case-control study using a national sample cohort.
The prevalence of hepatitis B was higher in osteoporosis patients than the control group, especially in females. However, the prevalence of hepatitis C was not different. The matching for various factors improved to have same conditions between osteoporosis patients and the control group.
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Archives of osteoporosis · Mar 2019
ReviewThe epidemiology of osteoporosis, associated fragility fractures, and management gap in China.
Osteoporosis has been one of the most common but largely under-diagnosed clinical problems among elderly population. The disease burden is even greater in China because of limited medical resources and large population size. This article is aimed to provide an overview of disease burden, secular trend, and management gap of osteoporosis and related fractures in China. ⋯ Due to its silent nature, osteoporosis and its related fractures remain largely under-diagnosed and under-managed in China. It also highlights the scarcity of high-quality studies specifically focus on longtime documentation of disease burden change and male population, especially in mainland area.
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Archives of osteoporosis · Mar 2019
The Dutch Hip Fracture Audit: evaluation of the quality of multidisciplinary hip fracture care in the Netherlands.
The nationwide Dutch Hip Fracture Audit (DHFA) is initiated to improve the quality of hip fracture care by providing insight into the actual quality of hip fracture care in daily practice. The baseline results demonstrate variance in practice, providing potential starting points to improve the quality of care.