"Evidence-based" or "logic-based" medicine?
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 20464543.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1007/s00198-010-1269-3.
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Abstract
Low trauma fractures are the cardinal manifestation of osteoporosis. Their occurrence supersedes bone mineral density in deciding whether specific therapy is warranted. We therefore disagree with the notion that a densitometric threshold for treatment should be applied to patients over age 50 who suffer low trauma distal radius fracture.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Density Conservation Agents
- Osteoporotic Fractures
- Radius Fractures