Osteoporosis: A Step-by-Step Case-Based Study

Osteoporosis is a common disease that affects our elderly population. This disease usually gets undiagnosed for an extended period. Osteoporosis increases the risk of fracture in our elderly population and increases morbidity. The cost associated with osteoporosis does carry a substantial burden in...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Lokesh, Ajmera, Kunal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9077024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530844
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23900
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description Osteoporosis is a common disease that affects our elderly population. This disease usually gets undiagnosed for an extended period. Osteoporosis increases the risk of fracture in our elderly population and increases morbidity. The cost associated with osteoporosis does carry a substantial burden in our society. Here, we present a case of osteoporosis with a fracture diagnosed in clinical settings. We discuss different etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment options available to treat this medical condition.
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spelling pubmed-90770242022-05-07 Osteoporosis: A Step-by-Step Case-Based Study Goyal, Lokesh Ajmera, Kunal Cureus Family/General Practice Osteoporosis is a common disease that affects our elderly population. This disease usually gets undiagnosed for an extended period. Osteoporosis increases the risk of fracture in our elderly population and increases morbidity. The cost associated with osteoporosis does carry a substantial burden in our society. Here, we present a case of osteoporosis with a fracture diagnosed in clinical settings. We discuss different etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment options available to treat this medical condition. Cureus 2022-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9077024/ /pubmed/35530844 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23900 Text en Copyright © 2022, Goyal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Osteoporosis: A Step-by-Step Case-Based Study
title_full Osteoporosis: A Step-by-Step Case-Based Study
title_fullStr Osteoporosis: A Step-by-Step Case-Based Study
title_full_unstemmed Osteoporosis: A Step-by-Step Case-Based Study
title_short Osteoporosis: A Step-by-Step Case-Based Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9077024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530844
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23900
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