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Osteoporosis Flashcards

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What is osteoporosis defined by?

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Low bone mass
Microarchitectual deterioration of bone tissue
Increase in bone fragility + fracture susceptibility

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T score for osteoporosis

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<2.5

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Common sites fragility fractire

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Vertebral bodies
Hip - NOF
Distal fractures
Proximal humerus
Pelvis

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Which bone cells are multinucleated?

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Osteocalsts

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What is the function of osteoblasts?

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Secrete osteoid - make bone

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What is the function of osteoclasts?

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Destroy bone - remodelling

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Modelling vs remodelling of bone

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Modelling - bone resorption and formation on seperate surafces - growth from birth to adulthood
Remodelling - maintains bone mass and structural integrity, resorption and formation at same site

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Mineral depositions in bone

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Calcium pyrophosphate
Phosphate

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Features of long bones

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tubular, cortical layer surrounding spongy trabecular bone
Felxible enogh to absorb stress but strong

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What kind of bones are the vertebrae?

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Long bones

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Pathophysiology osteoporosisn

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age → daily remodelling → resorption minerals on insede corticcal layer + in bone cavity → loss trabecular bone and widening of cavity

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Fixed risk factors for osteoporosis

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  • Age
  • Female - post menopausal
  • Family hisotry
  • Caucasian, asian more prone to osteoporosis
  • Height loss
  • Oestrogen deficiency
  • Amenorrhea
  • Early menopause
  • Hysterectomy
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Modifiable risk factors osteoporosis

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  • CKD → tertiary hyperparathyroidism
  • Smoking
  • Aclohol
  • Low BMI
  • Poor nutrition - low dietary calcium intkae
  • Vit D deficinecy
  • PTH abnormalities
  • Eating disorders
  • Insufficient exercise
  • Frequent falls
  • IBD
  • Endocrine disorders
  • RA
  • T1/T2DM - insulin use, longer duration of disease independent of BMD
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Medications that increase risk for osteoprorosis

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  • Corticosteroids
  • THyroid hormone excess - medication or pathological
  • Aromatase inhibitors - treatnent of breast cancer
  • Androgen deprivation for prostate cancer treatment
  • Thiazolidinediones
  • Antidepressents, antiparkinsonia, antipsychotics, anxiolytics drugs, benzos, sedatices, H3 receptor agonists, PPIs
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Scoring for osteoporosis

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FRAX - infor about treatment threshold

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What medicationand time frame is an indiciation for a DEXA scan?

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Corticosteroids - 3 months

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What is a DEXA scan? Where are they done?

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Dual electron X ray absorptions
Done at lumbar spine, hip or femoral neck

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Where does a T score come from?

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DEXA scan

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What does it mean if the T score is between -1 and -2.5?

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Patient has low bone density (osteopenia) but not osteoporosis

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Investigations for osteoporosis

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Bone mineral density - DEXA scan
Bloods - FBC, bone profile, corrected calcium, magnesium, phosphate, CRP/ESR, RF + CCP, cancer markers
Multiple myeloma testing - immunoglobulins, protein electrophoresis
Urinary benstones proteins

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What is considered mild, moderate and severe vertbral fracture based on height loss?

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Mild - 20-25%
Moderate - 35 to 40%
Severe = over 40%

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22
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What guidelines do you use for osteoporosis?

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NOGG

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How minimise vit D and calcium low levels with bisphosphonated?

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-Normal vit D + calcium levels before start
Give with adcalD3 - calcium and vit D

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24
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Why can you not lie down for 30 mins after taking alendronate?

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Bisphosphonate - prevent oesophageal eroison

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What are contraindications for bisphosphonate treatment?

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GORD + GI bleeding

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26
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Why is denoximab a better option for dementia patients?

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SC injection every 6 months therefore better concordance in elderly

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What is osteonecrosis of jaw a side effect of?

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Denoximab

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28
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What can bisphosphonates cause over time?

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Stress femur atypical fractures

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29
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Treatments other than bisphosphonates for osteoporosis?

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Activated vit D
Denosumab injections
SERMS - selective oestrogen receptor modulator
Strontium ranelate

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Risk factors for osteoporosis

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  • SERMS
  • Andonate
  • HT
  • STEAR
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What is a fragility fracture?

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Fracture following a fall from standing or less, vertebral may be spontaneous or as a result of routine activities such as bending or lifting

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What does presentation age of osteoporosis depend on?

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Genetics
Levels of nutrtition - vit D and calcium
Sex hormone levels
Physical acitvity levels

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When is peak bone density decline in women?

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Accelerates after the menopause for 5 to 10 years
Starts to decline in the 5th decade for women adn men

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34
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What hormonal changes cause rate of bone loss to increase?

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Oestrogen deficiency
Decreased testosterone
hyperparathyroidism

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Risk factors affecting bone mineral density

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Endocrine disease - DM. hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism
GI conditions causing malabsorption - Crohns, UC, coeliac, chronic pancreatitis
CKD
Chronic liver disease
COPD
Menopause
Immobility
BMI <18.5kg/m2

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Risk factors the decrease bone strength but not bone mineral denstiy?

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Age
Oral corticosteroids
Smoking
Alcohol - 3+ units
Prev fragility fracture
Rheumatological conditions eg arthritis, inflam arthropathies
Parental history of hip fracture

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Drugs that decrease bone strength over time

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SSRIs
PPIs
Anticonvulsant drugs - carbamaxepine

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Risk factors for falls

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Impaired vision
Neuromucular weakness and incoordination
Cognitive impairment
Use of alcohol and sedative drugs

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39
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Risk of fracture who assess in

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women over 65 years or 50-64 with risk factors
Men over 75 years - 50-74 with risk factors

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Which risk factors mean you do an early fracture risk score for osteoporosis?

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Prev osteoporotic fragility fracture
Current ise or requent corticosteroids
Historyh of falls
Low BMI
Smoker
Alcojol intake over 14 units a week
Secondary osteoporosis

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Which risk factors mean you do an early fracture risk score for osteoporosis?

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Prev osteoporotic fragility fracture
Current ise or requent corticosteroids
Historyh of falls
Low BMI
Smoker
Alcojol intake over 14 units a week
Secondary osteoporosis

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Causes of secondary osteoporosis

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Hypogonadism in either sex, including untreated premature menopause (menopause before 40 years of age), treatment with aromatase inhibitors (such as exemastane) or gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonists (such as goserelin).
Endocrine conditions, including diabetes mellitus, Cushing’s disease, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, and hyperprolactinaemia.
Conditions associated with malabsorption, including inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, and chronic pancreatitis.
Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthropathies.
Haematological conditions such as multiple myeloma and haemoglobinopathies.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Chronic liver failure.
Chronic kidney disease.
Immobility.

42
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When do you assess ppl for risk of osteoporosis when they are under 50?

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Current frequent use of oral corticosteroids
Untreated premature menoapyse
Prev fragility fracture

42
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When do you assess ppl for risk of osteoporosis when they are under 50?

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Current frequent use of oral corticosteroids
Untreated premature menoapyse
Prev fragility fracture

43
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When assess under40s for their osteoporosis risk?

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Current or recent use of high-dose oral corticosteroids equivalent to, or more than, 7.5 mg prednisolone daily for 3 months or more.
Previous fragility fracture of the spine, hip, forearm, or proximal humerus.
History of multiple fragility fractures.

44
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What medications may make u consider early assessment for osteoporosis?

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Antiepileptic medication — particularly enzyme-inducing drugs, such as carbamazepine.
Aromatase inhibitors, such as exemastane.
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, such as goserelin.
Proton pump inhibitors.
Thiazolidinediones, such as pioglitazone.

45
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Non osteoporotic causes of fragility fractures?

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Metastatic bone disease
Multiple myeloma
Osteomalacia
Pagets disease

46
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Symptoms multiple myeloma

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Bone pain
Anaemia
Recurrent infections
bleeding
Symptoms of hypercalcemia
Kidney disease

47
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What is multiple myeloma?

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Cancer of the plasma cells

48
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What is daily calcium intake risk for fragility fracture?

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1000mg/day

49
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What is used to determine whether a DEXA scan is needed?

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Qfracture

50
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What is the threshold for a DEXA scan?

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10 year risk of 10%

51
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What are the risk levels from the FRAX score?

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Against people of same age group
Low = green - Below 10%
Intermediate = orange - close to 10%
High = Red - over 10%

52
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wHAT RISK factors does FRAX underestimate?

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Regular use of corticosteroids = or less than 5mg prednisolone daily
OR more thna or = to 7.5mg prednisolone daily for more than 3 months
History multiple fragility fractures
High alcohol intake
Heavy smoking

53
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What to do whne T score is greater than -2.5 (below threshold) but high risk of fragility fracture

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Treat underlying conditions, reduce/modify risk factors, repeat DXA at interval appropriate based on risk profile - normally within 2 years

54
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When do you offer bone sparing drug treatment offered for osteoporosis?

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When the T score is -2.5 or lower

55
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When do you follow up if someone is low risk of fragility fracture?

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5 years

56
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Alendronate dosage (first line bisphophonate)

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10mg/day, 70mg a week

57
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Risedronate dosage

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5mg once daily, 35mg once weekly

58
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What bisphosphonates are used in postmenopausal women vs men?

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Women - all
Men - alendronate, risedronate

59
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Specialist medical treamtent for osteoporosis

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zoledronic acid, strontium ranelate, raloxifene, denosumab, and teriparatide.

60
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What protects against fragility farcture in younger postmenopausal women?

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HRT

61
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What effects ask about after starting bisphophonates?

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Upper GI adverse effects eg dyspepsia, reflux. Often in 1st month then improve
Atypical fracture
Adherence

62
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How long before review need for bisphophonates?

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3-5 years

63
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How long can people be on bisphosponates?

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alendronate - 10 years
Risedronate - 7 years

64
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How do bisphophonates work?

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Inhibitors of bone resorption by altering osteoclast acitvation and fuction

65
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first line treatment for osteoporosis n

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Alendronate, risedronate

66
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TYPE 1 vs type 2 primary osteoporosis pathophysiology

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Postmenopausal - increase osteoclast activity (distal radius, vertebral fractures)
Senile - age - decreased osteoblast acitvity (NOFs)

67
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What is denusomab and when is it used?

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monoclonal antibody - 6 monthly SC injections

68
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Risk factors SHATTERED

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+ female sex, FH
Steroid use, smoking
Hyperthyroidism
Age >50, alcohol
thin BMI <22
Testosterone deficiency
Early menopause
Renal failure + liver failure
Erosive bone disease eg RA, myeloma
Deficiency of Ca or vit D, diabetes

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Features of vertebral fracture

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Back pain
Reduced height
Kyphosis
Respiratory difficulty

70
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What does increased PTH in bloods mean

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Hypeparathyroidsim

71
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What does increased PTH in bloods mean

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Hypeparathyroidsim

72
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What hormone is increased in menopause

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FSH

73
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How much of osteoporotic vertebral fractures are symptomatic

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30-50%

74
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Presentation of vertebral osteoporotic fractures

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Sudden onset severe well localised dorsal/lumbar pain
Often after effort/trauma
Settles after 6-8 weeks
Loss of height + kyphosis - stooped

75
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Types of fragility fractures

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Vertebral fractures
Femoral neck fractures
Colles fracture - FOOSH

76
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How to rule out osteomalacia

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Calcium, phosphorous, vit D, alkaline phosphatase and PTH levels

77
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Differentials osteoporosis

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Osteomalacia
Hyperparathyroidism
Metastatic carcinoma
Multiple myeloma

78
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Investigations for metastatic carcinoma in vertebrae - where, exam

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Thoracic vertebrae more common
Breast exam to rule out as primary site
CT CAP if mets suspected

79
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What is most common priamry deposit in spine

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Multiple myeloma

80
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Tests for multiple myeloma + what proteins found

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FBC
U+Es
Spine X ray
Bone marrow biopsy
Bence jones proteins in urine and serum

81
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Risk factors osteo

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Caucasian and Asian ethnic groups, female sex, increasing age, early menopause, smoking, excess alcohol, corticosteroid use, hypogonadism and rheumatoid arthritis.

82
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Summary of treatment for osteoporosis

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bisphosphonates, hormone replacement therapy and raloxifene (a selective oestrogen receptor modulator).

83
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What does electrophoresis look for

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Bence jones protein in urine and serum
For myeloma

84
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Mnemonic for osteoporosis

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L Ow calcium intake
Seizure meds (anticonvulsants)
Thin build
Ethanol intake
Hyp Ogonadism
Previous fracture
Thyr Oid excess
Race (white, Asian)
Other relatives with osteoporosis
Steroids
Inactivity
Smoking

85
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What are loosers zones/pseudofractures

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Osteomalacia
Radiolucent lines thrugh cortex - appearance of non displaced partial fractures

86
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Features of soteoporosis on scans

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Cortical thinning and loss of traberculae

87
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Gout on bone scan

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y soft tissue gouty tophi, with plain films showing punched-out lesions away from the joint line.

88
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Do you see anything on scans in osteomyelitis

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not always
50% - periosteum lifting = subperiosteal abscess formed by + tracking from medullary canal

89
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What is osteomalacia

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a disease of reduced bone quality, the mass is normal. It occurs secondary to ineffective mineralization of the bone matrix, which may be due to dietary deficiency, abnormal uptake (gastrointestinal disease), abnormal metabolism (secondary to renal or liver failure) or the actions of certain drugs.

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Secondary causes of osteoporosis

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Malignancy: myeloma, metastatic carcinoma

Endocrine: Cushing’s disease, thyrotoxicosis, primary hyperparathyroidism, hypogonadism, DM.

Renal disease: reduces vitamin D metabolism and important for absorbing it via PTH.

Drugs: long-term corticosteroids (includes transplant patients), heparin, aromatase inhibitors, androgen deprivation therapy, SSRIs, PPIs, anticonvulsant drugs, in particular enzyme inducing drugs such as carbamazepine.

Rheumatological: RA, AS.

GI: malabsorption syndromes (e.g. coeliac, partial gastrectomy, UC, CD, chronic pancreatitis), chronic liver disease (PBC), anorexia, malnutrition (includes obesity).

Conditions that cause long periods of immobility e.g. stroke

Low levels of oestrogen in women due to anorexia nervosa, early menopause (before age of 45) with removal of ovaries and excessive exercise.

91
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Who can be started on osteoprosis treatment without a DEXA scan

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Over 75 + over 2 or more clinical RFs and/or ederly, housebound or care home residents

92
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What does Z score from DEXA scan consider

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Age related mean

93
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Patients over 50 who hace fallen with a fracture management

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osteoporosis screening and referral for DEXA

falls risk assessment and referral onward to specialist falls teams

alcohol advice and referral onward to alcohol liaison service

bone health education [diet and exercise]

liaison with GP’s with regard to treatment recommendations and follow up.

94
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How to reverse osteoporosis from malabsorption due to coeliac disease

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1 year gluten free diet

95
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What can help shorten the period of severe pain from a fracture if given early on

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IV bisphosphonates

96
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What is an example of a SERM

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Raloxigfene - selective oestrogne receptor modulators

97
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Side effect of SERMs

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Hot flushes, leg cramps and potential increased risk of VTE

98
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What replace alendronic acid with if side effects

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Risedronate - less side effects

99
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How administer zolendrenic acid

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IV infusion

100
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What do if sus metastatic carcinomas

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CT CAP spine

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