R C Hamdy, Ronald C Hamdy, E Michael Lewiecki

Osteoporosis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Osteoporosis distills the available information on osteoporosis on osteoporosis into an easily comprehensible format that serves as a practical guide for busy clinicians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 126mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 168g
• ISBN-13: 9780199927708
• ISBN-10: 0199927707
• Artikelnr.: 36540509

Autorenporträt

Dr. Hamdy is actively involved in clinical practice, medical education and research. In 2011 he was awarded the Clinician of the year award by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry. For the past 25 years, he has directed a number of educational programs on osteoporosis including the Southern Medical Association annual Osteoporosis Conference. Dr. Lewiecki is on the clinical faculty at University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Director of New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center in Albuquerque, NM, USA. He is principal investigator for many osteoporosis clinical trials and author of numerous scientific papers. He is an active educator on the evaluation and treatment of osteoporosis.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Definition and Epidemiology
2. Basic Bone Pathophysiology
3. Bone Densitometry and Other Technologies
4. Diagnosis
5. Identifying Patients at Risk of Fractures
6. Non-Pharmacologic Management of Osteopenia and Osteoporosis
7. Pharmacologic Management of Osteoporosis, Part 1
8. Pharmacologic Management of Osteoporosis, Part 2
9. Monitoring Patients on Treatment
10. Vertebral Augmentation Procedures
11. Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
12. Primary Hyperparathyroidism
13. Premenopausal Women
14. Men
15. Osteoporosis in Children and Adolescents
16. Atypical Femoral Sharft Fractures
17. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw