Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Endocrinology/Metabolic Disease**Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis: A Case-Based Approach is a practical guide that will be useful to a wide range of practicing and in-training clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. With its clinical case and scenario-based approach, readers can quickly decide which clinical problem to address such as the management of osteoporosis of a particular clinical problem (Atypical femoral shaft fractures, Glucocorticoids and bone health, etc.). Each chapter is self-contained with a list of objectives at the beginning and a presentation of clinical cases that encourages self-learning to non-specialized clinical staff. This book is easily accessible to non-specialists, allowing any healthcare provider to learn how to diagnose and manage osteoporosis in the context of their practice. - Includes key points at the end of each chapter to provide a succinct summary of each clinical issue - Provides multiple-choice questions as an interesting way of testing one's knowledge on the particular issue discussed in the chapter - Presents tables and diagrams to elucidate the knowledge outlined in the chapter - Devotes a section to therapeutics and an analysis of the results of pivotal and key studies listed in a comparable visual format

Ronald C. Hamdy, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.A.C.P. is professor of Medicine, holder of the Cecile Cox Quillen Chair of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and director of the Osteoporosis Center at East Tennessee State University. Prior to this editorial appointment, he served for ten years from 2000 to 2010 as the Editor-in-Chief of the Southern Medical Journal. Dr. Hamdy has published 5 medical textbooks and over 200 original and review manuscripts in peer-reviewed medical journals.