Full Description
Osteoporosis is a devastating disorder with significant physical and psychosocial consequences. For example, one in three women and one in 12 men over the age of 50 in the UK already suffer from osteoporosis, and every three minutes it is estimated that someone has a fracture due to this disease. This pattern is repeated elsewhere in the world. However, due to the remarkable progress in the scientific understanding of its causes, diagnosis and treatment, osteoporosis is now largely preventable. "Osteoporosis: An Atlas of Investigation and Management" is a pictorial reference book designed to help doctors understand, prevent and overcome osteoporosis. This practical guide gives advice on how to diagnose and manage patients with this condition and reviews the epidemiology, symptoms, clinical investigations, and the various treatments and interventions. It is a complete visual guide to diagnosis and management of an increasingly prevalent chronic disorder. It is suitable for doctors in both primary and secondary care.
Contents
Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. What is osteoporosis?; * Definition; * Aetiology of fractures; * Factors that influence bone strength; * Falls; * Impact of falls; * Fractures associated with osteoporosis; 2. Epidemiology, risk and risk factors; * Introduction; * Epidemiology of osteoporosis; * Epidemiology of fracture; * Risk estimates; * Epidemiology of fracture - future trends; * Outcome after fracture; * Economic impact; * Risk factors for osteoporosis and fracture; * Falls and their impact; * Bone turnover and fracture risk; * Secondary causes; * Steroid induced osteoporosis; * Rheumatoid arthritis; * Transplantation; * Athletes; * Anorexia nervosa; * Men, osteoporosis and fractures; 3. How to assess and monitor; * Introduction; * Assessing risk - the principles; * Methods of assessing risk of osteoporosis and fracture; * Fracture probability; * Investigating osteoporosis and fracture; * Methods of monitoring treatment; 4. Management of osteoporosis; * Introduction; * Lifestyle interventions; * Pharmacological interventions; * Non-pharmacological interventions; * Fracture management; 5. Osteoporosis in clinical care; * Introduction; * Opportunities for prevention and treatments; * Childhood; * Teenage and young adulthood; * In midlife - peri- and postmenopausal years; * In old age; * Osteoporosis in men; * Steroid induced osteoporosis; Index.
