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The Library provides a comprehensive, searchable listing of recent articles relating to osteoporosis, as well as references from our continuing education articles and activities. References with links to PubMed will cover such topics as diagnosis of osteoporosis, risk factors for osteoporosis, mechanisms of bone loss, guidelines on osteoporosis treatment and prevention, skeletal fracture prevention, postmenopausal osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis, and osteoporosis in men.
Guidelines and Tools
National Osteoporosis Foundation. Clinician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Washington, DC: National Osteoporosis Foundation; 2010.
Grossman JM, Gordon R, Ranganath VK et al. American College of Rheumatology 2010 recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Arthritis Care Res. 2010;62:1515-1526.
Qaseem A, Snow V, Shekelle P, et al. Pharmacologic treatment of low bone density or osteoporosis to prevent fractures: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:404-415.
Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2006 position statement of the North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2006;13:340-367.
The International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Official positions and pediatric official positions of The International Society for Clinical Densitometry, 2007. Available at: http://www.iscd.org/Visitors/pdfs/ISCD2007OfficialPositions-Combined-AdultandPediatric.pdf. Accessed: May 10, 2010.
National Committee for Quality Assurance. The State of Health Care Quality: 2009. Washington, DC: National Committee for Quality Assurance; 2009. http://www.ncqa.org/Portals/0/Newsroom/SOHC/SOHC_2009.pdf. Accessed February 18, 2010.
National Institutes of Health. Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. Available at: http://consensus.nih.gov/2000/2000Osteoporosis111html.htm. March 2000. Accessed May 10, 2010.
World Health Organization. Fracture risk assessment tool. http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/index.htm. Accessed May 10, 2010.
US Department of Health and Human Services. Bone health and osteoporosis. A report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; August 2008. Report of U.S. Surgeon General.
Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) CKD-MBD Work Group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, prevention, and treatment of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD). Kidney Int Suppl. 2009;S1-130.
Selected References
National Osteoporosis Foundation. Fast facts on osteoporosis. Washington, DC: National Osteoporosis Foundation; 2008. Available at: http://www.nof.org/osteoporosis/diseasefacts.htm. Accessed January 10, 2010.
Lüthje P, Nurmi-Lüthje I, Kaukonen JP, et al. Undertreatment of osteoporosis following hip fracture in the elderly. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2009;49:153-157.
World Health Organization. WHO Scientific Group on the assessment of osteoporosis at the primary health care level. Summary Meeting Report. World Organization 2007. Available at: www.who.int/chp/topics/rheumatic/en/index.html. Accessed February 19, 2010.
Dawson-Hughes B, Tosteson ANA, Melton LJ III, et al. Implications of absolute fracture risk assessment for osteoporosis practice guidelines in the USA. Osteoporos Int 2008;19:449-458.
American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Osteopathic Association. Joint principles of the patient-centered medical home. Available at: http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/joint%20Statement.pdf. March 2007. Accessed February 3, 2010.
Harrington JT, Barash HL, Day S, et al. Redesigning the care of fragility fracture patients to improve osteoporosis management: a health care improvement project. Arthritis Rheum. 2005;53:198-204.
Silverman SL, Gold DT. Compliance and persistence with osteoporosis therapies. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2008;10:118-122.
Mountjoy CR, Shrader SP, Ragucci KR. Compliance with osteoporosis treatment guidelines in postmenopausal women. Ann Pharmacother. 2009;43:242-250.
Smith MR, Lee WC, Brandman J, et al. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists and fracture risk: a claims-based cohort study of men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23:7897-7903.
Greenspan SL. Approach to the prostate cancer patient with bone disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93:2-7.
Coleman RE, Banks LM, Girgis SI, et al. Skeletal effects of exemestane on bone-mineral density, bone biomarkers, and fracture incidence in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer participating in the Intergroup Exemestane Study (IES): a randomised controlled study. Lancet Oncol. 2007;8:119-127.
Eastell R, Adams JE, Coleman RE, et al. Effect of anastrozole on bone mineral density: 5-year results from the Anastrozole, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination trial 18233230. J Clin Oncol. 2008;26:1051-1057.
Jones S, Stokoe C, Sborov M, et al. The effect of tamoxifen or exemestane on bone mineral density during the first 2 years of adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer. 2008;8:527-532.
Rabaglio M, Sun Z, Price KN, et al. Bone fractures among postmenopausal patients with endocrine-responsive early breast cancer treated with 5 years of letrozole or tamoxifen in the BIG 1-98 trial. Ann Oncol. 2009;20:1489-1498.
Canalis E, Mazziotti G, Giustina A, et al. Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: pathophysiology and therapy. Osteoporos Int. 2007;18:1319-1328.
Coulson KA, Reed G, Gilliam BE, et al. Factors influencing fracture risk, T score, and management of osteoporosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the Consortium of Rheumatology Researchers of North America (CORRONA) registry. J Clin Rheumatol. 2009;15:155-160.
Guler-Yuksel M, Bijsterbosch J, Goekoop-Ruiterman YP, et al. Changes in bone mineral density in patients with recent onset, active rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2008;67:823-828.
