Suzanne N Morin, Sidney Feldman, Larry Funnell, Lora Giangregorio, Sandra Kim, Heather McDonald-Blumer, Nancy Santesso, Rowena Ridout, Wendy Ward, Maureen C Ashe, Zahra Bardai, Joan Bartley, Neil Binkley, Steven Burrell, Debra Butt, Suzanne M Cadarette, Angela M Cheung, Phil Chilibeck, Sheila Dunn, Jamie Falk, Heather Frame, William Gittings, Kaleen Hayes, Carol Holmes, George Ioannidis, Susan B Jaglal, Robert Josse, Aliya A Khan, Virginia McIntyre, Lynn Nash, Ahmed Negm, Alexandra Papaioannou, Matteo Ponzano, Isabel B Rodrigues, Lehana Thabane, Christine A Thomas, Lianne Tile, John D Wark
BACKGROUND: In Canada, more than 2 million people live with osteoporosis, a disease that increases the risk for fractures, which result in excess mortality and morbidity, decreased quality of life and loss of autonomy. This guideline update is intended to assist Canadian health care professionals in the delivery of care to optimize skeletal health and prevent fractures in postmenopausal females and in males aged 50 years and older. METHODS: This guideline is an update of the 2010 Osteoporosis Canada clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada...
October 10, 2023: Canadian Medical Association Journal: CMAJ