This content is machine translated Osteoporosis: Special cases Insufficiency fracture in a premenopausal patient In young patients with inadequate fractures, secondary osteoporosis should be investigated. Osteodensitometry is particularly useful if there are anamnestic risk factors, whereby it is important to assess the z-score, as...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Osteoporosis treatment according to needs What’s new? The American College of Physicians (ACP) published an updated 2023 guideline on drug therapy for patients with reduced bone density or osteoporosis. An extensive secondary analysis published last year has…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Management of osteoporosis Reduction of fracture risk through specific osteoporosis medication Osteoporosis leads to an increased risk of fracture due to the loss of bone mass and density. The indication for therapy is mainly based on fracture history, bone density (DXA)…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Bisphosphonates in osteoporosis The benefit outweighs the risk Since their introduction in the 1990s, bisphosphonates have been the drugs of first choice in the treatment of osteoporosis. They inhibit osteoclast-mediated resorption and bone remodeling, increase bone mineral density,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Impairments in old age Multimorbidity and comedication demand good therapeutic strategy Two areas of impairment in old age were presented at Medidays in Zurich: macular degeneration and osteoporosis. The focus was on diagnosis and therapy. For wet macular degeneration especially an…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGIM Annual Meeting 2013 Osteoporosis – Diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations With regard to osteoporotic fractures, Switzerland is one of the high-risk countries together with Sweden and the USA. A 50-year-old Swiss woman has a 51.3% risk of suffering an osteoporotic…
