Osteoporosis: A Review.
S D Med
; 68(11): 503-5, 507-9, 2015 Nov.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26689033
Osteoporosis is a silent disease which can significantly increase an individual's risk of fracture. Fractures can be physically debilitating and consequently cause a financial burden on the patient, so it is key to treat osteoporosis before a fracture occurs. Osteoporosis is defined based on the patient's bone mineral density (BMD) as compared to a young adult's BMD using standard deviations (SD). Normal BMD is within 1 SD of young adult mean, osteopenia is between 1 and 2.5 SD less, and osteoporosis is greater than 2.5 SD less than the mean. Severe osteoporosis is defined similar to osteoporosis but includes the presence of fragility fractures.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Osteoporose
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
S D Med
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article