Articles liés à Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis - Couverture souple

Compston, Juliet E. Dr; Rosen, Clifford J.

 
9781903734902: Osteoporosis

Synopsis

Since 1997, "Fast Facts: Osteoporosis" has kept clinicians abreast of important advances in the diagnosis and treatment of this debilitating disease. As well as background chapters that clarify the pathophysiology of the condition and the homeostatic determinants of peak bone acquisition and maintenance, this book highlights the identification of at-risk individuals, the latest techniques for measuring bone mass, factors influencing the choice of intervention and recent developments in both the therapeutic and diagnostic arenas. Now in its fifth edition, "Fast Facts: Osteoporosis" provides a fully updated, clinically relevant guide to the successful management of osteoporosis.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Successful management of osteoporosis requires keen awareness of risk factors, screening technology and overall assessment of disease probability. Family physicians and all healthcare professionals play a key role in diagnosing, preventing and treating this disease. This new fifth edition of Fast Facts:Osteoporosis highlights all of the recent developments in the therapeutic and diagnostic arena while maintaining all of the background sections that clarify the pathophysiology of osteoporosis and the haemostatic determinants of peak bone acquisition and maintenance. *Takes account of the significant improvements in diagnostic capability achieved through advances in imaging techniques including MRI, CT and the combined use of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and CT. * Reviews the results of the most recent and ongoing clinical trials on therapies for treating and preventing this condition. Contents: Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Clinical manifestations; Diagnostic techniques; Risk assessment; Management: general considerations; Antiresorptive therapy; Anabolic and dual-action therapy; Other forms of osteoporosis; Future trends.

Revue de presse

... contains essential facts about the epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical features of osteoporosis. There is enough information on diagnosis and management, including an account of bone densitometry investigation. The chapters on hormone replacement therapy and non-hormonal therapy should help not only practising doctors but also other health professionals. --The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, on the third edition

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