Updated Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis: A Local Perspective

Raef, Hussein; Al-Bugami, Munira; Balharith, Sakra; Moawad, Mahmoud; El-Shaker, Mohammad; Hussain, Aneela; Al-Shaikh, Ahmad; Al‐Badawi, Ismail A.

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2011.111

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“…A small number of publications simply reproduce the guidelines in an article format, for example, the Osteoporosis Guidelines in Saudi Arabia [23] and GCC Guidelines for Community‐Acquired Pneumonia [24] and a larger number describe the entire process for developing guidelines. In total, 20 articles describe the development of a guideline, most often based on a literature review and expert consultation.…”

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The development, implementation and evaluation of clinical practice guidelines in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: a systematic review of literature

Koornneef

Robben

Hajat

et al. 2015

Evaluation Clinical Practice

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The development, implementation and evaluation of clinical practice guidelines in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: a systematic review of literature

Koornneef

Robben

Hajat

et al. 2015

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“…Chronic low back pain [29] Fibromyalgia [30,31] Hyperparathyroidism [32,33] Obesity and the metabolic syndrome [21,23,24,34,35] Osteoporosis/osteopenia/osteomalacia [20][21][22][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] Sickle cell disease [45,46] Systemic lupus erythematosus [25] Type-1 diabetes mellitus [47][48][49] Type-2 diabetes mellitus [39,50,51]…”

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Vitamin D Deficiency

Aljohani¹

2016

Nutritional Deficiency

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Previously, known actions of vitamin D were confined to skeletal health, but accumulating evidence has consistently suggested that vitamin D has pleomorphic roles in overall human physiology. Hence, no other micronutrient deficiency in the modern times has gained as much global attention as vitamin D deficiency. In this chapter, the author reinforces what is already known in vitamin D and highlights several important findings in vitamin D research, with a special focus on one of the most vitamin Ddeficient regions in the world, the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia, in particular.

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“…Most of them take into account the history of previous fracture, age, other medications, DXA T-score and fracture risk (mainly calculated with the FRAX tool). [94][95][96][97] The guidelines of the Greek National Medicines Agency regarding the pharmacologic treatment of osteoporosis emphasize that candidates for treatment are men over 50 who have:…”

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confidence: 99%