EBOOK Osteoporotic Syndrome
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Detection, Prevention, and Treatment
Metabolic bone degeneration (osteoporosis) affects millions of people--primarily postmenopausal women--and is directly responsible for debilitating hip, vertebral, and limb fractures in the elderly. Incorporating advances made within just the past five years, The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment serves as an up-to-date, practical guide to the major clinical aspects of osteoporosis. The text is liberally illustrated with detailed figures.As a resource for the clinician dealing with metabolic bone degeneration, this book represents an excellent source of information on the diagnosis and day-to-day management of osteoporosis.Topics covered include* Therapy with Vitamin D metabolites, sodium fluoride, thiazides, and isoflavones* Biochemical markers of bone turnover* Calcium, Vitamin D, and bone metabolism* Estrogens and tissue selective estrogens for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis* The effects of osteoporosis on orthopaedic surgery* The therapy of glucocorticoid bone disease* Effects of aging on bone structure and metabolism* Management of osteoporotic patients in our health care delivery system* The genetics of osteoporosis* Bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis* Calcitonin* Bone mass measurement techniques in clinical practice* Osteoporosis and the bone biopsy
Metabolic bone degeneration (osteoporosis) affects millions of people--primarily postmenopausal women--and is directly responsible for debilitating hip, vertebral, and limb fractures in the elderly. Incorporating advances made within just the past five years, The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment serves as an up-to-date, practical guide to the major clinical aspects of osteoporosis. The text is liberally illustrated with detailed figures.As a resource for the clinician dealing with metabolic bone degeneration, this book represents an excellent source of information on the diagnosis and day-to-day management of osteoporosis.Topics covered include* Therapy with Vitamin D metabolites, sodium fluoride, thiazides, and isoflavones* Biochemical markers of bone turnover* Calcium, Vitamin D, and bone metabolism* Estrogens and tissue selective estrogens for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis* The effects of osteoporosis on orthopaedic surgery* The therapy of glucocorticoid bone disease* Effects of aging on bone structure and metabolism* Management of osteoporotic patients in our health care delivery system* The genetics of osteoporosis* Bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis* Calcitonin* Bone mass measurement techniques in clinical practice* Osteoporosis and the bone biopsy