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Assessment and management of glucocorticoid‐induced osteoporosis
Author(s) -
Tracey Gerald,
Ahmed Tehseen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1417
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoporosis , glucocorticoid , frax , intensive care medicine , osteoporotic fracture , bone mineral
Glucocorticoid‐induced osteoporosis (GIO) is the most prevalent form of secondary osteoporosis; however, many patients taking glucocorticoids are still missing out on fracture risk assessments and boneprotection therapy. This article describes the clinical features, assessment and recommended management of GIO.