Challenges and opportunities for quality densitometry in Latin America.

Autor: Maeda SS; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Ministro Gastão Mesquita, 250 - apto 307, São Paulo, SP, São Paulo, SP, 05012-010, Brazil. ssetsuo@terra.com.br.; Associação Brasileira de Avaliação e Osteometabolismo (ABRASSO), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ssetsuo@terra.com.br., LLibre RDS; Hospital Santo Tomas, Ciudad del Panama, Panama.; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal., Arantes HP; Associação Brasileira de Avaliação e Osteometabolismo (ABRASSO), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Instituto Master de Ensino Presidente Antônio Carlos (IMEPAC), Araguari, MG, Brazil., de Souza GC; Associação Brasileira de Avaliação e Osteometabolismo (ABRASSO), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Bone D Consultoria e Treinamento, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Molina FFC; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Centro de Investigación en Artritis y Osteoporosis SC, Mexicali, BC, México., Wiluzanski D; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Centroseo, Montevideo, Uruguay., Taborda JAC; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Instituto Venezolano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Venezuela., Montaño CC; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile., Vargas TM; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Universidad Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolívia., Lopez GLF; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Hospital Centro Médico, Guatemala, Guatemala., Neira LV; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Hospital María Auxiliadora, Lima, Peru., Uribe GAM; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Grupo SOM, Clínica Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia., Salica D; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina., Bencosme AR; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago, Dominican Republic., Perez SC; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica., Acosta CRR; Sociedad Iberoamericana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (SIBOMM), Lisbon, Portugal.; Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Carey JJ; National University of Ireland, Galway & Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland.; International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD), Middletown, CT, USA., Borges JLC; Associação Brasileira de Avaliação e Osteometabolismo (ABRASSO), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Centro de Pesquisa Clínica do Brasil, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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Zdroj: Archives of osteoporosis [Arch Osteoporos] 2021 Feb 02; Vol. 16 (1), pp. 23. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 02.
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-021-00892-y
Abstrakt: Latin America and the Caribbean region account for 8% of the world's total population. Experts from 18 countries were invited to contribute to this article to provide the best available data on the number, types, and quality of densitometry, DXA experts, the local/national incidence and prevalence of osteoporosis and fragility fractures, and other uses and information on the challenges and opportunities for quality densitometry with examples of local initiatives. Osteoporosis is the primary reason for densitometry in our region, which is not a priority for public health in most countries. Access and quality are major challenges, and there is a clear trend to concentrate on densitometry services in the largest cities. Urgent action is needed to face the rapidly increasing burden of osteoporosis in our region, including robust and up to date epidemiology, access to health professionals, and quality densitometry. Health professionals require better access to training, courses, and other activities at a more local or regional level.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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