Vaile J, Sullivan L, Bennett C, Bleasel J
Department of Rheumatology, Royal Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Intern Med J. 2007 Oct;37(10):717-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01496.x.
Patients sustaining a low-trauma fracture are at greater risk of subsequent fracture, but as a group are poorly managed. We report the development of our 'First Fracture Project', in which we attempt to assess all patients over 50 years of age with a low-trauma fracture attending orthopaedic fracture clinics and treat osteopenia and osteoporosis. We found that the First Fracture Project has greatly increased our success in improving delivery of osteoporosis care to appropriate at-risk patients.
发生低创伤骨折的患者后续发生骨折的风险更高，但作为一个群体，他们的治疗情况很差。我们报告了我们的“首次骨折项目”的开展情况，在该项目中，我们试图评估所有50岁以上因低创伤骨折就诊于骨科骨折诊所的患者，并治疗骨质减少和骨质疏松症。我们发现，“首次骨折项目”极大地提高了我们向合适的高危患者提供骨质疏松症护理的成功率。
