Overview

The second edition of Osteoporosis in Clinical Practice provides a concise review of the current knowledge of osteoporosis. It is aimed at the busy practitioner who is increasingly involved in the management of osteoporosis and who wants accurate and practical answers to questions that arise in daily clinical practice. All the major aspects are covered including diagnosis, fractures, prevention and treatment. Concise chapters have been written by recognised experts in the area providing the reader with the most up-to-date and authoritative knowledge on each of the topics discussed. This makes the book an invaluable source of reference for those in primary care who are increasingly having to deal with patients with osteoporosis in their daily clinical practice. A must-have for every clinician treating patients with osteoporosis. It gives the latest information on diagnosis and treatment, founded on evidence-based medicine.

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Author:   Piet Geusens ,  Philip N. Sambrook ,  Robert Lindsay
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   Second Edition 2004
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.474kg
ISBN:  

9781852337575

ISBN 10:   1852337575
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   03 June 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I General aspects of bone, osteoporosis and fractures.- 1 Normal Skeletal Structure and Function.- 2 Physiology of Calcium Homeostasis and Bone Remodeling.- 3 Biomechanics of Bone and Fracture.- 4 Pathophysiology of Fractures.- 5 Epidemiology of Osteoporotic Fractures.- 6 Socioeconomic Impact.- 2 Investigations in Osteoporosis.- 7 Bone Densitometry, Radiography, and Quantitative Ultrasound for the Diagnostic Assessment of Osteoporosis.- 8 Biochemical Indices of Bone Turnover.- 9 Dual-energy X-ray-based Absorptiometry in Daily Clinical Practice.- 10 Differential Diagnos is: Back Pain and Osteoporosis.- 11 Differential Diagnosis: Bone Pain and Fractures.- 12 Falls in Older People.- 13 Genes and Osteoporosis.- 3 Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.- 14 Prevention Early After Menopause.- 15 Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Strategies to Prevent Hip Fracture in Old Age.- 16 Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators.- 17 Bisphosphonate Therapy for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.- 18 Anabolic Drug Therapy in Osteoporosis.- 19 Surgical Therapy of Fractures.- 4 Other Aspects of Osteoporosis.- 20 Osteoporosis in Men.- 21 Corticosteroid Osteoporosis.- 22 Tumor Bone Diseases.- 23 Immobilization, Exercise, and Osteoporosis.- 24 Nutrition and Osteoporosis.- 25 The Menopause: A Woman’s View.- 5 The Future of Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis.- 26 Future Developments: Risk Assessment.- 27 Future Therapies.- 28 How to Interpret New Data.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition: <p> The authors have gathered a number of specialists in the field of osteoporosis to give us a general review of the latest clinical knowledge. a ] This book is of great value for every clinician dealing with osteoporosis in adults. (N. Allington, Acta OrthopA]dica Belgica, Vol. 71 (2), 2005) <p> During the last 20 years, considerable progress has been made in the knowledge of osteoporosis in diagnosis as well as in treatment, be it preventive or curative. P. Geusens, P. N. Sambrook and R. Lindsay offer us a comprehensive analysis of the subject in their second edition of Osteoporosis in Clinical Practice. (L. Balabaud, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Vol. 16, 2006)

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