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2010 clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada: summary

Arthur Papaioannou, Suzanne N. Morin, Angela Man-Wei Cheung, Stephanie A. Atkinson, Jacques P. Brown, Sidney Feldman, D.A. Hanley, Anthony B. Hodsman et al.

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2010

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To revise and expand the 1996 Osteoporosis Society of Canada clinical practice guidelines for the management of osteoporosis, incorporating recent advances in diagnosis, prevention and management of osteoporosis, and to identify and assess the evidence supporting the recommendations. OPTIONS: All aspects of osteoporosis care and its fracture complications - including classification, diagnosis, management and methods for screening, as well as prevention and reducing fracture risk - were reviewed, revised as required and expressed as a set of recommendations. OUTCOMES: Strategies for identifying and evaluating those at high risk; the use of bone mineral density and biochemical markers in diagnosis and assessing response to management; recommendations regarding nutrition and physical activity; and the selection of pharmacologic therapy for the prevention and management of osteoporosis in men and women and for osteoporosis resulting from glucocorticoid treatment. EVIDENCE: All recommendations were developed using a justifiable and reproducible process involving an explicit method for the evaluation and citation of supporting evidence. VALUES: All recommendations were reviewed by members of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Osteoporosis Society of Canada, an expert steering committee and others, including family physicians, dietitians, therapists and representatives of various medical specialties involved in osteoporosis care (geriatric medicine, rheumatology,…

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