Main description:

Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in the last ten years, the condition still poses major clinical challenges. Non-adherence to drug therapy is a widespread problem in patients with rheumatic diseases and osteoporosis in particular.
Part of the Oxford Rheumatology Library, this second edition summarizes the latest developments in the management of osteoporosis and includes new chapters covering the clinical role of denosumab and orthopaedic issues in the management of fractures in patients with osteoporosis. This practical pocketbook is an essential resource for trainees and clinicians in rheumatology, endocrinology, and geriatric medicine, as well as general practitioners and paramedical staff involved in osteoporosis
care.

Contents:

1. Pathophysiology of osteoporosis ; 2. Epidemiology of osteoporotic fracture ; 3. Diagnosis of osteoporosis ; 4. Osteoporosis Risk Assessment ; 5. Fracture Liaison Services ; 6. Calcium and Vitamin D Deficiency and Therapy ; 7. Bisphosphonates ; 8. HRT and SERMs ; 9. Stronium ranelate ; 10. Parathyroid hormone ; 11. Denosumab ; 12. Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty ; 13. Physiotherapy approach to osteoporosis ; 14. Osteoporosis in men ; 15. Glucorticoid Induced Osteoporosis (GIO) ; 16. Osteoporosis and SREs in neoplastic disease ; 17. Osteoporosis and CKD-MBD in renal disease ; 18. Pre-menopausal osteoporosis ; 19. Osteoporosis in children and adolescents ; 20. Preventing fractures in the elderly: assessment and management of falls ; 21. The surgical management of fragility fractures