Osteoporosis. Diagnosis and Management

Description

Osteoporosis is a growing major public health problem that impacts many women and men. In the US alone, it is estimated that 10 million Americans have osteoporosis and another 34 million have low bone mass. Both of these conditions put patients at increased risk for fracture.

This book takes a "generalist" approach to the challenge of osteoporosis. It is aimed at those specialists, in particular gynecologists, who have regular clinical contact with particularly prone populations, such as menopausal and post menopausal women, who do not have the need for in-depth knowledge of the subject.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface

1 Epidemiology and genetics of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Mark Edwards, Rebecca Moon, Nick Harvey, Cyrus Cooper

2 Osteoporosis in men
Robert A. Adler

3 Mechanisms of bone remodelling
Maziar Shabestari and Erik Fink Eriksen

4 Fracture risk assessment
Ronald C. Hamdy

5 Secondary causes of osteoporosis – bone diseases
Peter R. Ebeling

6 Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
Stuart Silverman and Swamy Venuturapali

7 Secondary causes of osteoporosis – other medications
Diane M. Biskobing

8 Hormone therapy for osteoporosis
Pilar Valenzuela Mazo and James A. Simon

9 Bisphosphonates
Paul D. Miller and Nelson B. Watts

10 Denosumab
Michael A. Bolognese

11 Parathyroid hormone: anabolic treatment of osteoporosis
Erik Fink Eriksen

12 Optimum calcium and vitamin D for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
Michael F. Holick

13 The use of combination therapy in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Juliet Compston

14 Emerging therapies
Michael R. McClung and Cristiano A.F. Zerbini

15 Monitoring therapy for osteoporosis
E. Michael Lewiecki

16 Persistence and compliance with medications to prevent fractures: epidemiology, etiology, and management issues
John T. Schousboe

17 Appendix : A clinician’s approach to the patient
Robert Lindsay