Open AccessFRAX: Facts and Fantasy
Author(s) -
Yashpal Gogate,
Sanjay Kumar Bhadada
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.104044
Subject(s) - frax , medicine , judgement , osteoporosis , clinical judgement , osteoporotic fracture , intensive care medicine , epistemology , bone mineral , philosophy
FRAX is an important web based tool to assess fragility fracture risk in osteoporosis. It has many important limitations too. Good clinical judgement is needed to interpret the results of FRAX. With increasing use we can improvise this tool further.