Living Medical Textbook - Osteoporosis - Projects In Knowledge - Fracture Prevention and Therapeutic Management Edition Table of Contents

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Osteoporosis

Fracture Prevention and Therapeutic Management Edition

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Chapter 1
Overview of Osteoporosis
Last Reviewed: May 20, 2010

Chapter 2
Identifying Patients at Risk for Osteoporosis and Fractures
Last Reviewed: May 20, 2010

Chapter 3
Assessment of Fracture Risk Using FRAX^®
Last Reviewed: May 20, 2010

Chapter 4
Treatment of Osteoporosis
Last Reviewed: May 20, 2010

–	Introduction/Pharmacologic Interventions
–	Antiresorptive/Anabolic Therapy
–	Emerging Therapies
–	Nonpharmacologic Interventions/Nutrition
–	Physical Activity
–	Fall Prevention/Tobacco Avoidance/Moderate Alcohol Consumption
–	Conclusion
–	References

Chapter 5
Management of the Postfracture Patient
Last Reviewed: May 20, 2010

Chapter 6
Monitoring
Last Reviewed: May 20, 2010

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This CME program will include a brief pretest. Please start now by answering these 3 questions:

Which of the following drugs is not approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women? *

	Salmon calcitonin
	Estrogen
	Teriparatide
	Intravenous ibandronate

Among the following patients, who is the best candidate for anabolic therapy with teriparatide? *

	A postmenopausal woman who is treatment-naive for a bone active agent and without prevalent fracture
	A postmenopausal woman who experienced a fragility fracture despite an increase in bone mineral density on bisphosphonate treatment
	A premenopausal woman with osteopenia
	A postmenopausal woman who had therapeutic skeletal radiation 10 years prior

Ms P, a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman, typically consumes per day one 6-ounce container of yogurt, one 8-ounce glass of milk, no cheese or calcium-fortified juices or foods, and a reasonable number of fruits and vegetables. How much calcium should she receive in supplemental form, if any, to meet the threshold recommended by the National Osteoporosis Foundation? *

	None
	1200 mg
	350 mg to 650 mg
	650 mg to 850 mg