Osteoporosis, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

Stuart L. Silverman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

488 Seiten

2011
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4557-7991-8 (ISBN)

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Explores important topics in the treatment of osteoporosis. This title answers such questions as: How long do I treat my patient? Is there a place for bone turnover markers? And how much Vitamin D should I recommend? It also explores controversies around calcium and Vitamin D regarding the coronary risk and pancreatic issues.

This timely and evocative issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics explores important current and controversial topics in the treatment of osteoporosis. And it answers some tough questions! Here are some examples. How long do I treat my patient? Is there a place for bone turnover markers? How much Vitamin D should I recommend? Controversies around calcium and Vitamin D are explored regarding the coronary risk and pancreatic issues. Emerging therapies are presented, including sclerostin and oral calcitonin. Long-term safety concerns of antiresporptive therapy (ONJ, atypical fracture, would healing) are explained. The utility and limitations of FRAX are covered, as well as Prolia and the RANKL pathway. An update on glucocorticoid induced OP is given. The reader is also brought up to date on men's health issues and OP. This is an essential issue for any practicing rheumatologist to stay current in the field.

Clinical Professor of Medicine and RheumatologyUCLA / Cedars-Sinai

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.12.2011
Reihe/Serie	The Clinics: Internal Medicine
Zusatzinfo	Figures; Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	370 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Rheumatologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Orthopädie
ISBN-10	1-4557-7991-1 / 1455779911
ISBN-13	978-1-4557-7991-8 / 9781455779918
Zustand	Neuware