| Autor: |
Goichi Kageyama, Takaichi Okano, Yuzuru Yamamoto, Keisuke Nishimura, Daisuke Sugiyama, Jun Saegusa, Goh Tsuji, Shunichi Kumagai, Akio Morinobu |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Bone Reports, Vol 6, Iss C, Pp 3-8 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2352-1872 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.bonr.2016.11.003 |
| Popis: |
Purpose To evaluate the incidence of fragility fractures associated with high-dose glucocorticoid therapy in patients with systemic rheumatic disease. Methods: A retrospective study of patients who were treated with high-dose prednisolone (>0.8 mg/kg) for systemic rheumatic disease at Kobe University Hospital from April 1988 to March 2012. The primary outcome was a major osteoporotic fracture (defined as a clinical vertebral, hip, forearm, or proximal humerus fracture) after high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. For postmenopausal women and men over 40 of age, the patient's fracture risk at the beginning of high-dose glucocorticoid therapy was assessed by the World Health Organization's Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®). Results Of 229 patients (median age: 49 years), 57 suffered a fragility fracture during the observation period (median observation period: 1558 days). Of 84 premenopausal patients, 5 suffered a fracture. In contrast, of 86 postmenopausal female, 36 suffered a fracture. Fragility fractures were far more frequent than predicted by the FRAX® score. Patients with FRAX® scores over 8.3% had a particularly high risk of fracture. Conclusions Fragility fractures associated with high-dose glucocorticoid therapy are common among postmenopausal women. Extreme care should be taken especially for postmenopausal women when high-dose glucocorticoid therapy is required. |
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