[Diagnostic approach to osteoporosis].
The diagnostic approach to osteoporosis usually involves an ample risk assessment, a physical examination, a radiograph of the thoracic and lumbar spine, a bone densitometry using dual X-ray absorptiometry, and a basic blood test. The aim of this approach is to assign a person to one of the WHO-based diagnostic categories, and to estimate the ten-year fracture risk of this individual. In countries where available, the individual ten-year fracture risk can now easily be calculated for men and women of forty years of age and above, by using a computer-driven calculation tool, called FRAX, which has been developed by WHO recently.
Dimai
Hans Peter
HP
Klinische Abteilung für Endokrinologie und Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria. hans.dimai@meduni-graz.at
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001317:Austria; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014944:World Health Organization