RESULTS: In the femoral neck 42% of the patients had osteopenia (-2.5 SD < BMD T score < -1 SD) and another 41% had osteoporosis (BMD T score < -2.5). In the spine 34% of the patients had ...
However, a review of the individual scores revealed osteopenia in 6 patients at the distal radius; bone loss occurred in several women at the spine and the femoral neck, but not sufficiently to ...
Lung transplant patients should undergo annual bone health screenings using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the first ...
USA: A recent study recommends that lung transplant patients undergo annual screening with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry ...
Erasmus University Medical Center researchers in Rotterdam have tracked vitamin D supplementation improvements in bone ...