Osteoporosis in Frail Patients: A Consensus Paper of the Belgian Bone Club.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 28324124.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1007/s00223-017-0266-3 and PMC identifier 5498589.
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Abstract
In this consensus paper, the Belgian Bone Club aims to provide a state of the art on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis in frail individuals, including patients with anorexia nervosa, patients on dialysis, cancer patients, persons with sarcopenia, and the oldest old. All these conditions may indeed induce bone loss that is superimposed on physiological bone loss and often remains under-recognized and under-treated. This is of particular concern because of the major burden of osteoporotic fractures in terms of morbidity, mortality, and economic cost. Therefore, there is an urgent need to appreciate bone loss associated with these conditions, as this may improve diagnosis and management of bone loss and fracture risk in clinical practice.
Medical subject headings
- Fractures, Bone
- Osteoporosis
- Sarcopenia