Original title: UK clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
Osteoporosis makes bones more likely to break. This guideline reviews how healthcare professionals can assess bone health and the chance of fractures in postmenopausal women and men aged 50 or over. It covers lifestyle changes and medicines, as well as care after a fracture. The recommendations are graded according to the strength of the available evidence.
Imagine checking a car before a long drive and deciding whether it needs attention. The hard part is weighing different warning signs and choosing what to do, rather than relying on one clue. In this paper, those warning signs are factors linked to bone health and fracture risk, and the recommended checks and actions are the guideline's advice for healthcare professionals.
Osteoporosis can make bones more likely to break, especially in postmenopausal women and adults aged 50 or over. This guideline gives healthcare professionals recommendations for assessing risk and choosing ways to prevent and manage fractures.
The abstract describes the guideline's scope and evidence sources, but does not report specific recommendations, evidence quality by topic, or patient outcomes. It does not establish how well the recommendations work in settings or groups beyond the postmenopausal women and men aged 50 or over covered by the guideline.
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UK clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis — The National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG), Juliet Elizabeth Compston, Alun Cooper et al. — Archives of Osteoporosis — doi:10.1007/s11657-017-0324-5
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