Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Osteoporosis
Abstract number: 26538
OSTEOPOROSIS - FRACTURES RISK FACTOR
Liviu IOVANESCU, Dana IOVANESCU
County Hospital Arad, Arad (ROMANIA)
Introduction: The goal of the study is to assess the incidence of osteoporosis in
patients with fractures. Patients and methods: We observed a number of 361
consecutive patients (296 females and 65 males) with Colles’ fractures who
presented in the emergency room of our hospital in the period January - June 2009.
The main average was 59.3 (from 27 to 86). One half month after the fracture we
performed an osteodensitometric analysis using a General Electric device for 324
patients. We realized a complete medical history of the patients in order to found
data related to the osteoporosis. Results: We found osteoporosis in 126 patients, and
osteopenia in 161 patients according to the T-score. Few patients knew they had
osteoporosis and osteopenia, and they took medication (4.5%). The most common
factors associated with osteoporosis and osteopenia were: smoking, old age,
sedentarism, gastroenterological diseases, abuse of alcohol, and use of drugs.
Twelve percent of the patients had a second fracture in the medical
history.Conclusion.The osteoporosis is a very important risk factor of the fractures
which needs more attention and treatment.
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