Brief telephone intervention increases testing for osteoporosis in patients treated in emergency departments for wrist fractures

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 527-530

  Kelly, A M ^a   Clooney, M ^a   Kerr, D ^a   Ebeling, P R ^b  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

emergency department; fracture; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; STRONTIUM RANELATE; VITAMIN D;

ACTION RESEARCH; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SEX RATIO; STAFF TRAINING; SUPPLEMENTATION; TELEPHONE; TELETHERAPY; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 77954635853     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02263.x     Document Type: Article

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