Assessment of Osteoporosis in Injured Older Women Admitted to a Safety-Net Level One Trauma Center: A Unique Opportunity to Fulfill an Unmet Need

BACKGROUND: Older trauma patients often undergo computed tomography (CT) as part of the initial work-up. CT imaging can also be used opportunistically to measure bone density and assess osteoporosis. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, osteoporosis was ascertained from admission CT scans in...

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Autores principales: Young, Elisabeth S., Reed, May J., Pham, Tam N., Gross, Joel A., Taitsman, Lisa A., Kaplan, Stephen J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5694986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29234352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4658050

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