TY - JOUR
T1 - Steroid-induced osteoporosis
T2 - Are your asthmatic patients at risk?
AU - Niewoehner, Catherine B.
AU - Niewoehner, Dennis E.
PY - 1999/3
Y1 - 1999/3
N2 - Asthmatic patients who rely on long-term, high-dose corticosteroid therapy are at increased risk for osteoporosis. The use of low-dose inhaled corticosteroids may be safe enough not to require special assessment of bone loss or preventive measures. However, evidence is lacking on the risks of long-term use of higher doses. Regardless of dose, all patients given long- term systemic corticosteroids should be carefully examined and, if necessary, treated for bone loss.
AB - Asthmatic patients who rely on long-term, high-dose corticosteroid therapy are at increased risk for osteoporosis. The use of low-dose inhaled corticosteroids may be safe enough not to require special assessment of bone loss or preventive measures. However, evidence is lacking on the risks of long-term use of higher doses. Regardless of dose, all patients given long- term systemic corticosteroids should be carefully examined and, if necessary, treated for bone loss.
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U2 - 10.3810/pgm.1999.03.598
DO - 10.3810/pgm.1999.03.598
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10086035
AN - SCOPUS:0032901222
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 105
SP - 79
EP - 91
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 3
ER -