Rheumatology and Allergy & Immunology

Rheumatology and Allergy & Immunology - Osteoporosis: Fric and FRAX - Use of a New Fracture Assessment Tool

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Osteoporosis: Fric and FRAX - Use of a New Fracture Assessment Tool

Session #: 850-249
Presenter(s): E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, FACP, FACE
Session Length: 1 hr. 30 min.
Event: Internal Medicine 2010
Date: April 22-24, 2010

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Osteoporosis: Fric and FRAX - Use of a New Fracture Assessment Tool

Clinical questions to be addressed:

Who should be screened and what is the best tool for screening in women and men?
How can I use risk factor assessment to manage my patients with osteoporosis?
When is it appropriate to institute treatment in a patient with a T score greater than -2.5?
Is it ever too late, ie ever too old, to initate therapy?
What are the treatment considerations in the patient who has fractured?