bone fracture

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Complications

  • any fracture in women > 50 years increases risk of subsequent fracture (RR=1.5)[2]

Management

* see risk of fracture or[2] for risk calculator

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References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Crandall CJ et al. Risk of subsequent fractures in postmenopausal women after nontraumatic vs traumatic fractures. JAMA Intern Med 2021 Jun 7; [e-pub]. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34096979 PMCID: PMC8185628 (available on 2022-06-07) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2780745
  3. Foundation for Osteoporosis Research an Education (FORE) 10 Year Fracture Risk Calculator https://riskcalculator.fore.org