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FRAX first – Pragmatic approach in resource poor settings
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018 Background: Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) is a fracture prediction tool that uses clinical risk factors with or without bone mineral density (BMD). BMD is difficult to obtain in resource-limited setting.
Adlyne Reena Asirvatham +4 more
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Assessment of fracture risk assessment tools in care home residents [PDF]
Future Healthcare Journal, 2020 Fragility fractures are common in care home residents. National guidelines recommend risk assessment to allow initiation of prophylactic measures. Currently available risk assessment tools have been tested in community-dwelling adults, but not in care home residents.
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Fracture risk assessment in diabetes mellitus
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Growing evidence suggests that diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of fracture. Bone intrinsic factors (such as accumulation of glycation end products, low bone turnover, and bone microstructural changes) and extrinsic factors (such as
Weiwei Chen +4 more
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The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022 Background: We aimed to investigate the long-term effects of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and entecavir treatment on bone mineral density and evaluated the fracture risk assessment tool score in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Resul Kahraman +7 more
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Althea Medical Journal, 2015 Background: Osteoporosis has become a growing public health problem in Indonesia. A definite estimation of osteoporosis prevalence in Indonesia is not available due to the limited access of dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DXA) facilities. In 2008, the
Nik Fatin Farhana Binti Mohd Rahhim +2 more
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Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2015 Objective: In this study, we investigated the relationships between 10 year fracture risk calculated with FRAX assessment tool and bone turnover markers (BTM) in women with diagnosed as postmenopausal osteoporosis for the first time.
Şeniz Akçay Yalbuzdağ +3 more
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Update on Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021 Glucocorticoids are used to treat many autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. However, an adverse systemic effect is a deleterious effect on bone, which may lead to glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, characterized by a rapid and transient increase in ...
Soo-Kyung Cho, Yoon-Kyoung Sung
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BONEcheck: A digital tool for personalized bone health assessment
Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia, 2023 Objectives: Osteoporotic fracture is a significant public health burden associated with increased mortality risk and substantial healthcare costs. Accurate and early identification of high-risk individuals and mitigation of their risks is a core part of ...
Dinh Tan Nguyen +7 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida +6 more
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A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Recurrence of Autoimmune Encephalitis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease with a potential for recurrence, and patients receive immunotherapy to prevent it. However, there is no consensus on the duration of immunotherapy. This study aimed to determine the recurrence rate and identify the risk factors for AE to provide guidance on the duration of immunotherapy ...
Shangkai Bai +5 more
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