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Senile osteoporosis has been recently recognized as a geriatric syndrome with a particular pathophysiology. There are different classification of osteoporosis: primary, in which bone loss is a result of aging and secondary, in which bone loss occurs from various clinical and lifestyle factors. [1]
The following criteria also exist: [4] White in 1999 proposed "fast-track criteria" to determine if patients can be transferred straight from theatre to Phase II recovery. He proposes a minimum overall score of 12 with no score <1 in any category. He includes consciousness, activity, circulation, respiration, oxygen saturations, pain and emesis.
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When used to detect certain medical conditions, like osteoporosis, a DEXA scan may be covered by some insurance providers, but you otherwise probably couldn’t get one paid for just because you ...
The US National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends pharmacologic treatment for patients with hip or spine fracture thought to be related to osteoporosis, those with BMD 2.5 SD or more below the young normal mean (T-score -2.5 or below), and those with BMD between 1 and 2.5 SD below normal mean whose 10-year risk, using FRAX, for hip fracture is ...
A diagnosis of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw relies on three criteria: [6] the patient possesses an area of exposed bone in the jaw persisting for more than 8 weeks, the patient must present with no history of radiation therapy to the head and neck
Microplastics were detected in almost every seafood sample found off the coast of the western U.S. in a recent study. The particles were found in the edible tissue of six different species of fish.
Nearly 42% of those adults meet the criteria for obesity (a body mass index of 30 or more). The report also revealed that more than half of U.S. adults (57%) have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes.