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COPD patients face high risk of severe fractures. (Steroids, Smoking are Potential Causes).
SAN ANTONIO -- Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have an increased risk of severe vertebral fractures, which often go unrecognized by their physicians, based on a study with 296 patients.
"Patients with [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] should be targeted for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis-related fractures," Nicole C. Ferko said in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
Treatment with inhaled or oral corti-costeroids and smoking are two factors associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that can cause osteoporosis and may explain the link, said Ms. Ferko, a clinical epidemiologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
She and her associates reviewed ...
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...added, because vertebral fractures are often indicators...drugs. "Elderly patients get chest X...these X-rays for vertebral fractures, it might really help the patient down the road...problems that lead patients to seek help and...
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...incidence of new vertebral fractures in men receiving...of 1,468 patients (mean age...healing of non-vertebral fractures and no cases...denosumab-treated patients compared with...reduction in vertebral fractures in men receiving...
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- Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal Lewiecki, E. Michael May 1, 2006 700+ words
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...of prevalent vertebral fractures is a predictor...fracture risk; patients with more severe baseline vertebral fractures are more likely...Actonel treated patients, the risk reduction...moderate and severe vertebral fractures at one year...
- Standardized grading schemes allow clinicians to recognize vertebral fractures.
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...impact on the patient's overall...majority of vertebral fractures do not come...identify vertebral fractures. The two...standard for patient evaluation...number of patients due to poor...diagnose vertebral fractures using standardized...
