The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment

Metabolic bone degeneration (osteoporosis) affects millions of people-primarily postmenopausal women-and is directly responsible for debilitating hip, vertebral, and limb fractures in the elderly.

Incorporating advances made within just the past five years, The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment serves as an up-to-date, practical guide to the major clinical aspects of osteoporosis. The text is liberally illustrated with detailed figures. As a resource for the clinician dealing with metabolic bone degeneration, this book represents an excellent source of information on the diagnosis and day-to-day management of osteoporosis.

Topics covered include* Therapy with Vitamin D metabolites, sodium fluoride, thiazides, and isoflavones* Biochemical markers of bone turnover* Calcium, Vitamin D, and bone metabolism* Estrogens and tissue selective estrogens for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis* The effects of osteoporosis on orthopaedic surgery* The therapy of glucocorticoid bone disease* Effects of aging on bone structure and metabolism* Management of osteoporotic patients in our health care delivery system* The genetics of osteoporosis* Bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis* Calcitonin* Bone mass measurement techniques in clinical practice* Osteoporosis and the bone biopsy

Book Details

• Author: Avioli, Louis V.
• Publisher: Academic Press
• eBook ISBN: 9780120687053, 9780080542577, 0080542573
• Print ISBN: 9780120687053, 0120687054