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This book provides a comprehensive overview of osteoporosis, the pathologic conditions that give rise to osteoporosis, and the complications that are frequently encountered. After initial chapters devoted to pathophysiology, the presentation of osteoporosis on conventional radiographs is illustrated and discussed. Thereafter, detailed consideration is given to each of the measurement methods employed to evaluate osteoporosis, including dual x-ray absorptiometry, vertebral morphometry, spinal and peripheral quantitative computed tomography, quantitative ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging. The role of densitometry in daily clinical practice is appraised. Finally, a collection of difficult cases involving pitfalls is presented, with guidance to their solution. The information contained in this volume will be invaluable to all with an interest in osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis --- Diagnostic Imaging --- Densitometry --- physiopathology --- methods --- diagnosis --- Physical methods for diagnosis --- Orthopaedics. Traumatology. Plastic surgery --- Gynaecology. Obstetrics --- Human medicine --- diagnostiek (geneeskunde) --- geneeskunde --- osteoporose --- orthopedie --- gynaecologie --- vroedkunde --- radiologie --- medische beeldvorming --- Radiology. --- Orthopedics. --- Internal medicine. --- Gynecology . --- Pathology. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Internal Medicine. --- Gynecology. --- Disease (Pathology) --- Medical sciences --- Diseases --- Medicine --- Medicine, Preventive --- Gynaecology --- Generative organs, Female --- Medicine, Internal --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation --- Osteoporosis - physiopathology --- Diagnostic Imaging - methods --- Osteoporosis - diagnosis

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Osteoporosis is a global threat because it can impact every human being as they age. In this new edition, the authors point out the enormous scale of the problem in terms of human suffering, morbidity and mortality on the one hand, and the astronomical national costs on the other. Written in an easy-to-read style, this book updates physicians on the current knowledge about bone structure, physiology and pathology, with an emphasis on the diagnosis, therapy and prevention of osteoporosis. Its purpose is to educate members of the medical profession about this widespread and potentially disabling disease, while providing information on related current evidence-based medicine. The book covers everything from basic physiology to osteoporosis diagnosis, including utility of specialized tests and current treatment recommendations, and will provide the primary care physician with sound medical knowledge in the prevention and management of osteoporosis. It is up-beat and optimistic, with a touch of humor; it is scientifically based but provides easy-to-follow guidelines for lifelong maintenance of skeletal structure and function. Osteoporosis is preventable if doctors want it to be, and every doctor can contribute. Bone is every doctor's and every body's business.

Bone Density. --- Diphosphonates -- therapeutic use. --- Hormone Replacement Therapy. --- Osteoporosis -- Diagnosis. --- Osteoporosis -- prevention & control. --- Osteoporosis -- Prevention. --- Osteoporosis -- Treatment. --- Osteoporosis. --- Risk Factors. --- Osteoporosis --- Bone Density --- Risk Factors --- Diphosphonates --- Hormone Replacement Therapy --- Risk --- Causality --- Drug Therapy --- Organophosphorus Compounds --- Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena --- Bone Diseases, Metabolic --- Probability --- Epidemiologic Factors --- Therapeutics --- Bone Diseases --- Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena --- Organic Chemicals --- Statistics as Topic --- Quality of Health Care --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Public Health --- Phenomena and Processes --- Musculoskeletal Diseases --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Environment and Public Health --- Diseases --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Epidemiologic Methods --- Health Care --- Investigative Techniques --- Musculoskeletal System Diseases --- Medical Professional Practice --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Prevention --- Diagnosis --- Treatment --- Prevention. --- Diagnosis. --- Treatment. --- Medicine. --- General practice (Medicine). --- Gynecology. --- Internal medicine. --- Endocrinology. --- Orthopedics. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- General Practice / Family Medicine. --- Internal Medicine. --- Bones --- Vitamin D deficiency --- Family medicine. --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Internal medicine --- Hormones --- Gynaecology --- Generative organs, Female --- Medicine, Internal --- Family practice (Medicine) --- General practice (Medicine) --- Physicians (General practice) --- Gynecology . --- Endocrinology .