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The development of Taiwan Fracture Liaison Service network

Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia, 2018
Osteoporosis and its associated fragility fractures are becoming a severe burden in the healthcare system globally. In the Asian-Pacific (AP) region, the rapidly increasing in aging population is the main reason accounting for the burden.
Lo-Yu Chang, Keh-Sung Tsai, Jen-Kuei Peng, Chung-Hwan Chen, Gau-Tyan Lin, Chin-Hsueh Lin, Shih-Te Tu, I-Chieh Mao, Yih-Lan Gau, Hsusan-Chih Liu, Chi-Chien Niu, Min-Hong Hsieh, Jui-Teng Chien, Wei-Chieh Hung, Rong-Sen Yang, Chih-Hsing Wu, Ding-Cheng Chan   +16 more
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Fracture liaison service-a multidisciplinary approach to osteoporosis management. [PDF]

Osteoporos Int
A fracture liaison service is a systems-level multidisciplinary approach designed to reduce subsequent fracture risk in patients who recently sustained fragility fractures.
Le HV, Van BW, Shahzad H, Teng P, Punatar N, Agrawal G, Wise B.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Evaluation of Police General Hospital's Fracture Liaison Service (PGH's FLS): The first study of a Fracture Liaison Service in Thailand

Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia, 2016
Objectives: The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of the Fracture Liaison service (FLS) in preventing secondary fracture and decreasing 1-year mortality rate after osteoporotic hip fracture, in patients at Police General Hospital ...
Tanawat Amphansap, Nitirat Stitkitti, Peerachai Dumrongwanich   +2 more
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Effectiveness of a minimal resource fracture liaison service [PDF]

Osteoporosis International, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate if a 2-year intervention with a minimal resource fracture liaison service (FLS) was associated with increased investigation and medical treatment and if treatment was related to reduced re-fracture risk.The FLS started in 2013 using existing secretaries (without an FLS coordinator) at the emergency ...
Axelsson, K. F., Jacobsson, R., Lund, D., Lorentzon, Mattias   +3 more
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Reduced mortality and subsequent fracture risk associated with oral bisphosphonate recommendation in a fracture liaison service setting: A prospective cohort study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
OBJECTIVE:Osteoporotic fragility fractures, that are common in men and women, signal increased risk of future fractures and of premature mortality. Less than one-third of postmenopausal women and fewer men are prescribed active treatments to reduce ...
Tineke A C M van Geel, Dana Bliuc, Piet P M Geusens, Jacqueline R Center, Geert-Jan Dinant, Thach Tran, Joop P W van den Bergh, Alastair R McLellan, John A Eisman   +8 more
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FRACTURE LIAISON SERVICE. OUR EXPERIENCE IN POLAND

Остеопороз и остеопатии, 2016
Fractures are the essential problem of osteoporosis, therefore identification of patient at risk is crucial. This is widely known that patients with higher risk, increased in these group 2 to 6 times.
E CZERWINSKI, J AMAROWICZ, K ZAJAC
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Fracture liaison service (FLS) is associated with lower subsequent fragility fracture risk and mortality: NoFRACT (the Norwegian capture the fracture initiative). [PDF]

Osteoporos Int
Summary Subsequent fracture rates and associated mortality were compared before and after the introduction of fracture liaison service (FLS). In 100,198 women and men, FLS was associated with 13% and 10% lower risk of subsequent fragility fractures and ...
Andreasen C, Dahl C, Frihagen F, Borgen TT, Basso T, Gjertsen JE, Figved W, Wisløff T, Hagen G, Apalset EM, Stutzer JM, Lund I, Hansen AK, Nissen FI, Joakimsen RM, Syversen U, Eriksen EF, Nordsletten L, Omsland TK, Bjørnerem Å, Solberg LB.   +20 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

The phenotype and outcome of patients with a recent fracture at the fracture liaison service [PDF]

, 2023
Fractures constitute a major health problem. Risk factors for osteoporosis, falls and fractures are prevalent in patients aged 50 years and older at the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS). A systematic evaluation of comorbidities and medication associated with an increased fracture risk contributes to a profound evaluation of the subsequent fracture risk ...
Vranken, Lisanne
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Fracture liaison service

, 2018
This chapter reviews the evidence that a multidisciplinary structured program at a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) is the most appropriate approach for the prevention of subsequent fractures in patients older than 50 years at high risk for additional fractures.
Geusens, Piet, Eisman, John A., Singer, Andrea, van den Bergh, Joop   +3 more
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Fracture liaison service: Prevention by coordination

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018
Manoj Chadha, Awesh Shingare, Amritha Prasanth, Phulrenu Chauhan, Nishit F Shah   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources