Pocket Reference to Osteoporosis

Description

This book responds to the daily needs of all clinicians treating patients with osteoporosis and provides a key reference guide for any challenges that arise in clinical practice. This book also covers the genetics of the disease, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and current and upcoming treatment recommendations in accordance with the latest international guidelines. Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are greatly reduced, and as bones become more porous and fragile the risk of fracture increases greatly. It is one of the most common metabolic bone diseases globally with one in three women and one in five men at risk of an osteoporotic fracture, and can result in devastating physical, psychosocial, and economic consequences. However, in spite of this osteoporosis can often be overlooked and undertreated, thus there is a real need to raise awareness of this disease. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Pathophysiology of Osteoporosis (Serge Livio Ferrari)....Pages 1-10 Diagnosis and Clinical Aspects of Osteoporosis (John A. Kanis)....Pages 11-20 Evaluation of Fracture Risk (Eugene V. McCloskey)....Pages 21-29 Prevention of Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures (René Rizzoli)....Pages 31-42 Efficacy and Safety of Osteoporosis Treatment (Michael R. McClung)....Pages 43-57 Management of Patients with Increased Fracture Risk (Felicia Cosman)....Pages 59-70 Management of Male Osteoporosis (Piet Geusens, Joop van den Bergh)....Pages 71-80 Management of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis (Christian Roux)....Pages 81-84 New Bone-Forming Agents (Socrates E. Papapoulos)....Pages 85-93 Back Matter ....Pages 95-98