Chair for Biomarkers of Chronic Diseases, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, 22490, Saudi Arabia.
Arch Osteoporos. 2020 Jul 22;15(1):109. doi: 10.1007/s11657-020-00778-5.
A consensus platform is provided by the experts of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' respective osteoporosis societies, on which specific guidelines can be developed further for regional use on the assessment and treatment of postmenopausal women at risk from fractures due to osteoporosis.
Guidance is provided in a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country setting on the assessment and treatment of postmenopausal women at risk from fractures due to osteoporosis, which is an adaptation of the European guidance by Kanis et al., jointly published by the International Osteoporosis Foundation and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO). The respective osteoporosis societies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries assembled for a unifying consensus on the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women for the region.
The Chair for Biomarkers of Chronic Diseases (CBCD) in King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), in cooperation with the Saudi Osteoporosis Society (SOS), hosted regional experts and respective leaders from different GCC osteoporosis societies, together with an adviser from the ESCEO. An assembly of experts representing the different osteoporosis societies from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, and Kuwait gathered on February 15-16, 2019 in Riyadh, KSA for the formulation of a general osteoporosis consensus for the region.
The following areas were covered: diagnosis of osteoporosis and assessment of fracture risk; general and pharmacological management of osteoporosis; and hip fractures, vitamin D, recommendation on which FRAX tool to follow, and the importance of country-specific FRAX® and fracture liaison services for secondary fracture prevention.
A platform is provided on which specific guidelines can be developed for regional use in GCC.
海湾合作委员会(GCC)国家各自的骨质疏松症学会的专家提供了一个共识平台,在此基础上可以进一步制定针对该地区的具体指南,用于评估和治疗因骨质疏松症而有骨折风险的绝经后妇女。
在海湾合作委员会(GCC)国家的背景下,提供了关于评估和治疗因骨质疏松症而有骨折风险的绝经后妇女的指导,这是对 Kanis 等人的欧洲指导的改编,由国际骨质疏松基金会和欧洲临床和经济方面的骨质疏松症和骨关节炎学会(ESCEO)联合发布。海湾合作委员会(GCC)国家的各自骨质疏松症学会为该地区绝经后妇女的骨质疏松症诊断和管理达成了统一共识。
沙特阿拉伯利雅得国王沙特大学(KSU)的慢性疾病生物标志物主席(CBCD)与沙特骨质疏松症学会(SOS)合作,邀请了区域专家和来自不同 GCC 骨质疏松症学会的各自领导人以及 ESCEO 的顾问。来自沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋、巴林、阿曼和科威特的不同骨质疏松症学会的代表专家于 2019 年 2 月 15 日至 16 日在沙特阿拉伯利雅得聚集,制定了该地区的一般骨质疏松症共识。
涵盖了以下领域:骨质疏松症的诊断和骨折风险评估;骨质疏松症的一般和药物治疗;髋部骨折、维生素 D、建议使用哪种 FRAX 工具以及国家特定的 FRAX®和骨折联络服务对二级骨折预防的重要性。
为 GCC 地区的特定指南提供了一个平台。