Inpatient rehabilitation fracture liaison service (FLS) improves outcomes for secondary prevention of hip fractures [PDF]
Bone ReportsBackground: Secondary fracture prevention is a well-defined treatment-gap within osteoporosis management. Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) coordinates the management and treatment of patients following a fragility fracture in order to close the care gap ...
Orit Mazza +6 more
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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 +2 more
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Perspectives on Fracture Liaison Service in Austria: clinical and economic considerations [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyOsteoporosis is a widespread disease and affects over 500,000 people in Austria. Fragility fractures are associated with it and represent not only an individual problem for the patients, but also an enormous burden for the healthcare system. While trauma
Roland Kocijan +9 more
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Fracture liaison service: Prevention by coordination
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018 Manoj Chadha +4 more
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Quality improvement initiative: implementing routine vertebral fracture assessments into an Australian Fracture Liaison Service [PDF]
BMJ Open Quality, 2023 Kate Laver +5 more
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Fracture liaison service [PDF]
Current Medical Issues, 2020 A bone fracture in the elderly is - contrary to popular belief - certainly not always the inevitable consequence of bad luck or clumsiness. The first fracture should sound the alarm, because it is known that at such a time the chance of another fracture increases considerably.
Remya Rajanl +3 more
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Fracture liaison service—a multidisciplinary approach to osteoporosis management [PDF]
Osteoporosis InternationalBenjamin Van, Hania Shahzad, Hai Le
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Secondary fracture prevention: global approaches
OTA International, 2022 . Osteoporotic fractures, a major cause of disability and associated medical care expenditures, are expected to continue to increase worldwide. Adults who sustain primary osteoporotic fractures are more likely to sustain additional subsequent fractures ...
Theodore Miclau, MD
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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 +8 more
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Fragility fracture management and FLS models in South Africa and Israel
OTA International, 2022 . Osteoporosis is a common disease of the elderly. Many patients at high risk are neither identified nor treated. A Fracture Liaison Service is a coordinated model of care for secondary fracture prevention.
Brian P. Bernstein, MBBCh, FCS(SA)Orth +4 more
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