Osteoporosis prevention and management: an evidence-based review.
Evidence-based guidelines that have been prepared by many professional organizations aimed at assisting the clinician in the initial evaluation of postmenopausal women who should be considered for bone mineral density evaluation by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; history, physical examination, and laboratory testing in those women being considered for pharmacologic intervention; and monitoring and management of women for whom therapy is prescribed are discussed.
Kleerekoper
Michael
M
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48197, USA. kleerekm@trinity-health.org
Gold
Deborah T
DT
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods; D000368:Aged; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control*
D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents; D004164:Diphosphonates