The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment

Metabolic bone degeneration (osteoporosis) affects millions of people--primarily postmenopausal women--and is directly responsible for debilitating hip, vertebral, and limb fractures in the elderly. Incorporating advances made within just the past five years, The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment serves as an up-to-date, practical guide to the major clinical aspects of osteoporosis. The text is liberally illustrated with detailed figures.
As a resource for the clinician dealing with metabolic bone degeneration, this book represents an excellent source of information on the diagnosis and day-to-day management of osteoporosis.

Topics covered include: Therapy with Vitamin D metabolites, sodium fluoride, thiazides, and isoflavonesBiochemical markers of bone turnoverCalcium, Vitamin D, and bone metabolismEstrogens and tissue selective estrogens for prevention and treatment of osteoporosisThe effects of osteoporosis on orthopaedic surgeryThe therapy of glucocorticoid bone diseaseEffects of aging on bone structure and metabolismManagement of osteoporotic patients in our health care delivery systemThe genetics of osteoporosisBisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosisCalcitoninBone mass measurement techniques in clinical practiceOsteoporosis and the bone biopsy

1. The Necessity of a Managed Care Approach for Osteoporosis 2. Effects of Aging on Bone Structure and Metabolism 3. The Genetics of Osteoporosis 4. Bone Mass Measurement Techniques in Clinical Practice 5. Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover 6. Calcium, Vitamin D, and Bone Metabolism 7. Estrogens and Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators for Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis 8. Bisphosphonate Treatment for Osteoporosis 9. Calcitonin Treatment in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis 10. Therapy with Vitamin D Metabolites, Sodium Fluoride, Thiazides, and Isoflavones 11. Orthopedics and the Osteoporotic Syndrome 12. Glucocorticoid-Related Osteoporosis 13. Osteoporosis and the Bone Biopsy