FRAX Prediction With and Without Bone Mineral Density Testing

Rachel C Simpkins; Tara N Downs; Matthew T Lane

FRAX Prediction With and Without Bone Mineral Density Testing

Fed Pract. 2017 May;34(5):40-43.

Authors

Rachel C Simpkins¹, Tara N Downs¹, Matthew T Lane¹

Affiliation

¹ is a PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy residency instructor in the primary care/pharmacotherapy clinic, is a PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy residency instructor in the geriatrics clinic, and is the associate chief of pharmacy and the PGY1 residency director; all at Lexington VAMC in Kentucky.

PMID: 30766280
PMCID: PMC6370431

Abstract

The use of a fracture risk assessment tool with and without bone mineral density testing effectively predicted the risk of osteoporotic fractures in male veteran patients.