Abstract Number: 2231 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Improving Compliance with Screening for Osteoporosis in Elderly Women
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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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