title: [Diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis after a Colles' fracture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether the presence of Colles fracture leads to diagnostic studies or treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study with follow-up of incident cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital General de Vic and Primary Care Centre Osona. Vic. Barcelona.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 80 postmenopausal women with Colles' fracture during 1995-1996. The clinical records were systematically reviewed and treatment with antiosteoporotic drugs before and after Colles' fracture were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Diagnostic studies were found in 3 (3.8%) patients. 6 patients (7.5%) took antiosteoporotic drugs before the fracture while 21 (26.3%, p < 0.001) did so after it.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A recent Colles' fracture induces few osteoporosis diagnostic studies. However, it leads to a significant increase in the use of antiosteoporotic drugs.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centre del Institut Català de la Salut, Hospital General de Vic, Barcelona.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morote
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kanterewicz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villanueva
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carballido
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yáñez
mesh_terms: D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la osteoporosis posmenopáusica después de una fractura de Colles.