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How do you approach decision-making around initiation of osteoporosis therapy in patients with advanced dementia?

What patient factors are most important when considering who needs a broader workup for osteoporosis prior to starting therapy?

Do you routinely rule out secondary causes of osteoporosis (i.e., TSH) in all patients prior to starting therapy? If you work up all patients, what la...

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Is it necessary to prescribe a steroid taper after two weeks of high-dose prednisone (60 mg daily)?

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Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022 Dec 02

Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients on Glucocorticoids.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Apr 20

Glucocorticoid Withdrawal-An Overview on When and How to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Clinical Practice.

JAMA internal medicine, 2022 Jan 01

Time to Benefit of Bisphosphonate Therapy for the Prevention of Fractures Among Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.

Annals of internal medicine, 2023 Jan 03

Effectiveness and Safety of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in People With Low Bone Mass or Primary Osteoporosis: A Living Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis for the American College of Physicians.

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