Risk of osteoporotic fracture in women using the FRAX tool with and without bone mineral density score in patients followed at a tertiary outpatient clinic ‒ An observational study

Risk of osteoporotic fracture in women using the FRAX tool with and without bone mineral density score in patients followed at a tertiary outpatient clinic ‒ An observational study

ABSTRACT Objectives: Fragility fractures increase morbidity and mortality. Adding assessment of clinical risk factors independently or as a previous step to Bone Densitometry (BD) should provide better accuracy in fracture risk prediction. FRAX tool might be used to stratify patients in order to ra...

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Asıl Yazarlar: Maria Helena Sampaio Favarato, Maria Flora de Almeida, Arnaldo Lichtenstein, Milton de Arruda Martins, Mario Ferreira Junior
Materyal Türü: Makale
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Elsevier España 2022-04-01
Seri Bilgileri:Clinics
Konular:
Osteoporosis
Screening
Multimorbidity
Online Erişim:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322022000100205&tlng=en

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