A Comprehensive Approach to:Osteoporosis and its Future Management
A Comprehensive Approach to:Osteoporosis and its Future Management
Bagher Larijani, MD, FACE
Professor of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology
Director-General and Chief Scientific Officer
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute
WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Management of Diabetes and Osteoporosis
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outline
- Definition of osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis burden and epidemiology
- Importance of screening and early diagnosis
- Currently available diagnosis techniques and their limitations
- Potentials of bone turnover markers (BTM)
- Proteomics, genomics, and osteoporosis
- Microfluidic chips for point-of-care screening of osteoporosis
- Management of osteoporosis
- Necessity for a personalized approach to osteoporosis
- Conclusions
Definition of Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis is:
- A systemic skeletal disease
- Defined by low bone mass and structural damage to bone tissue
- Leads to increased bone fragility and high fracture risk
- Three most common sites for fragility fractures are the hip, spine and wrist
