Overview
- Comprehensive, expanded second edition, including a new chapter on osteoporosis in men
- Details the basic as well as clinical aspects of diagnosing and managing osteoporosis
- Covers state-of-the-art methods for bone imaging and screening for osteoporosis
- Offers new coverage on adherence to therapy, a major problem in the care of patients with osteoporosis
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (27 chapters)
-
Front Matter
Keywords
- Androgen actions
- Axial skeleton
- Biochemical markers
- Biomechanics of bone
- Biophosphonate
- Bone
- Bone density scans
- Bone mass acquisition
- Bone morphology
- Bone turnover
- Calcium
- Estrogen agonists/antagonists
- Estrogen and bone
- Glucocorticoid-induced
- Mineral assessment
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis in Men
- Osteoporosis related fractures
- Parathyroid hormone
- Salmon calcitonin
- Transplantation osteoporosis
- Vitamin D nutrition
About this book
Osteoporosis is a widespread disorder with significant worldwide health and economic impact. In the second edition of the highly successful Osteoporosis: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management, new editor Robert A. Adler, MD, uses the same approach as the first edition, pairing a chapter on the basic science of a disorder followed by a chapter on its clinical aspects. Updated and expanded, this second edition includes many new chapters reflecting the growing literature on osteoporosis. New topics cover such areas as methods of bone imaging, screening for osteoporosis, adherence to therapy, and even a novel and exciting chapter on osteoporosis in men, to name just several. In Osteoporosis: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management, Second Edition, leading experts in a variety of fields have once again provided a wealth of invaluable, state-of-the-art information to illuminate the major scientific and clinical aspects of osteoporosis.
Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition:
“This new book shows how osteoporosis can be reliably diagnosed, treated and prevented while it continues to remain undetected among patients and continues to severe physical, social, functional and psychological consequences including increased mortality and morbidity. Doctor Adler and his famous contributors have reliably extended the excellent work of Doctors Eric S Orwoll and Michael Bliziotes in exploring this disorder … . Comprehensive therapists can improve this unfortunate situation and will aided in their quest by studying this new book.” (William H. Wehrmacher and Harry Messmore, Comprehensive Therapy, Spring, 2010)
“This comprehensive book on the pathophysiology and therapeutic management of osteoporosis helpfully presents the basic aspects of the disease followed by clinical aspects. … This is a wonderful book for students and trainees interested in understanding osteoporosis. It is also very easy to read and would be a very good resource for endocrine fellows. … Practicing endocrinologists will find the new chapters on osteoporosis in men and adherence to therapy very relevant. Fellows in training also will find this book very helpful.” (Kaveeta P. Vasisht, Doody’s Review Service, June, 2010)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Osteoporosis
Book Subtitle: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management
Editors: Robert A. Adler
Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-459-9
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-518-3Published: 02 November 2011
Series ISSN: 2523-3785
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XI, 636
Number of Illustrations: 84 b/w illustrations
Topics: Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine