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Abstracts tagged "Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and osteoporosis"

  • Abstract Number: 2231 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Improving Compliance with Screening for Osteoporosis in Elderly Women

    Asad Ullah1, Shaza Khalid 1, Nagadarshini Vinod 1, Asghar Marwat 1, Ali Hussain 1, Tom Simunich 1, Medha Joshi 1 and Lavanya Vuppu 1, 1Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown

    Background/Purpose: US Preventive Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for osteoporosis in women ≥ 65 years of age with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. There was…
  • Abstract Number: 2234 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Osteoporosis Screening in a Resident-Driven Clinic of a Large Academic Hospital

    Anam Umar1, Titilope Olanipenkun 1, Hiu Sze Kwong 1, Chelsy Harris 1, Amber Faquih 2, Muhammad Bilal 1 and Chinedu Ivonye 1, 1Morehouse School Of Medicine, Atlanta, 2Emory University School Of Medicine, atlanta

    Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is associated with fragility fractures and represents a significant public health problem. The United States Preventive Services Task Forces (USPSTF) recommend dual-energy x-ray…
  • Abstract Number: 2514 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    When Should Lateral Dexa be Used to Measure Spine Bone Mineral Density in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Sizheng Zhao1,2, Daniel Thong3, Eleanor Quilliam2, Stephen Duffield1, Kai-Wei Yin3 and Nicola Goodson1,2, 1Musculoskeletal Biology 1 Department, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 3University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis and vertebral fractures are recognized complications in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Anteroposterior (AP) DEXA is commonly used to assess spinal bone mineral density (BMD)…
  • Abstract Number: 227 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Increasing Fat-Mass May Reverse Bone Loss As Detected By DXA Scan

    William Hedges1 and Marwan Bukhari2,3, 1Foundation Programme, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Lancaster, United Kingdom, 2Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, 3Rheumatology, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Low body mass index (BMI) is a known risk factor for loss of bone mineral density (BMD). It is a part of the FRAX…
  • Abstract Number: 53 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Spine-Hip Diagnostic Discordance in the United Arab Emirates

    Nicholas Wilson, Lidia Sanchez Riera, Iman Hobeldin, Salman Waheeduddin, Nehad Ibrahim, Suneetha Gonuguntla, Tahir Khan, Ritu Aneja, Samer Nuhaily and Mustafa Al Maini, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Background/Purpose Diagnostic discordance for osteoporosis is the presence of different T-scores in two skeletal sites in the same subject leading to different WHO diagnostic categories. Discordance is defined…
  • Abstract Number: 1557 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    What Percentage of Postmenopausal Women Younger Than Age 65 Years Have Low Bone Mineral Density At a Family Health Center?

    Marvin Vaishnani1 and Feyrouz T. Al-Ashkar2, 1Rheumatic and Immunologic diseases, Cleveland Clinic,Lorain Institute, Lorain, OH, 2Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic,Lorain Institute, Lorain, OH

    Background/Purpose: Many younger women, < 65 years of age may have low bone mineral density (BMD) that remains undetected in clinical practice due to following…
  • Abstract Number: 2442 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Screening of Osteoporosis in Men Age 70 and Older: A Need for Increased Awareness

    Sian Yik Lim1, Kenneth Nugent2, Joon Hee Lim1, Hoda Mojazi Amiri1, Rie Okamura1 and Dan Nguyen1, 1Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 23601, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

    Background/Purpose: The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) currently recommends osteoporosis screening with bone mineral density (BMD) testing in men age 70 and older, regardless of clinical…
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