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[OCOSH Code: D005598 134400000 M80 WI_FR_FF]

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Elderly patients with two episodes of fragility hip fractures form a special subgroup

Location: http://www.josonline.org/pdf/v14i3p245.pdf

Conclusion. Elderly patients with 2 episodes of fragility hip fractures form a special subgroup among geriatric hip fracture patients. Fall prevention programmes and treatment for osteoporosis are recommended.
D Ip, FK Ip. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2006;14(3):245-8 Full text
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Orthopaedic Surgeons and Osteoporosis Management

Location: http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/staticContent/HTML/N0/l2/cjs/vol-51/issue-1/pdf/pg8.pdf

A sample of Canadian orthopedic surgeons expressed willingness to participate in osteoporosis management for fragility fracture patients
E.R. Bogoch, E. Snowden Can J Surg, Vol. 51, No. 1, February 2008
Conclusion: Most of the Canadian orthopedic surgeons sampled consider themselves to be currently engaged or ready to engage in osteoporosis...
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Postfracture Osteoporosis Care

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Canadian orthopaedic surgeons and postfracture osteoporosis care: moving from persuasion to facilitation
Editorial: Can J Surg, Vol. 51, No. 1, February 2008 E.R.Bogoch
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Predicting risk of osteoporotic fracture in men and women in England and Wales

Location: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/nov19_1/b4229

Results Use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), age, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, recorded alcohol use, parental history of osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, asthma, tricyclic antidepressants, corticosteroids, history of falls, menopausal symptoms, chronic liver disease, gastrointestinal malabsorption, and other endocrine disorders were significantly and independently...
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QFracture

Location: http://www.qfracture.org/

QFracture is a new website which is used to estimate an individual's risk of developing
  hip fracture or
  osteoporotic fracture (hip, vertebral, or distal radius fracture)
over the next 10 years.
The algorithms have been specifically developed by doctors and academics for use in the UK in order to identify people...
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The Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study

Location: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/153/6/587?ijkey=ea4123f37a3cb20c1a71c0e1b5c53c776 ...

Risk Factors for Proximal Humerus, Forearm, and Wrist Fractures in Elderly Men and Women
American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 153, No. 6 : 587-595 Full Text available
Tuan V. Nguyen1, Jacqueline R. Center, Philip N. Sambrook and John A. Eisman
Fractures of the proximal humerus, forearm, and wrist account for approximately one third...
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