No effect in the VITAL trial although confidence intervals do not exclude meaningful reduction in patients on osteoporosis meds or with fracture history
The effect of #calcium supplementation in people under 35 years old: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials @eLife
Significant effect on peak bone mass accretion at whole body and femoral neck, particularly in those 20-35yo elifesciences.org/articles/79002
Calcium #Citrate Versus Calcium Carbonate in the Management of Chronic #Hypoparathyroidism: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Clinical Trial @The_JBMR
Mortality and Morbidity in Mild Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Results From a 10-Year Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Parathyroidectomy Versus Observation
Effect of active #vitaminD treatment on development of type 2 diabetes: DPVD randomised controlled trial in Japanese population
eldecalcitol lowered development of diabetes, particularly in those with lower levels of basal insulin secretion bmj.com/content/377/bm…
#VitaminD supplementation and #exercise for improving physical function, body composition & metabolic health in overweight or obese older adults with vitamin D deficiency: a pilot double-blind RCT
Bone-loading exercises versus #risedronate for the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with low bone mass: a randomized controlled trial
High-Intensity Exercise and Geometric Indices of #Hip Bone Strength in Postmenopausal Women on or off Bone Medication: The MEDEX-OP Randomised Controlled Trial @BelindaRBeck
Effect of medication, particularly when combined with exercise link.springer.com/article/10.100…
...which brings us to: HRpQCT!
Hip Fractures in Older Adults Are Associated With Low Density Bone Phenotype and Deterioration of Bone Microarchitecture @d_whittier@The_JBMR
Efficacy of #ZoledronicAcid in the Treatment of Nonmalignant Painful Bone Marrow Lesions: A Triple-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Clinical Trial (ZoMARS) @The_JBMR
#Zoledronate Reduces Height Loss Independently of #Vertebral Fracture Occurrence in a Randomized Trial in Osteopenic Older Women
Reid et al., more ZOLepenia trial findings
Renal safety of zoledronic acid for osteoporosis in adults 75 years and older @iofbonehealth
No clinically relevant nephrotoxicity => stop using Cockroft-Gault equation? link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Potential Adverse Effect of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) on Bisphosphonate Efficacy: An Exploratory Post Hoc Analysis From a Randomized Controlled Trial of Clodronate @mccloskey_e
...but how to close the treatment gap in osteoporsis?
FLS!
Decreased Mortality and Subsequent Fracture Risk in Patients With a Major and Hip Fracture After the Introduction of a #FractureLiaisonService: A 3-Year Follow-Up Survey
Costs of patient management over 18 months following a hip, clinical vertebral, distal forearm, or proximal humerus fragility fracture in France—results from the ICUROS study @iofbonehealth link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Target Values and Daytime Variation of Bone #Turnover Markers in Monitoring Osteoporosis Treatment After Fractures
Targeting TGF-β for treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta @jclinicalinvest
...from patient samples to clinical trials with fresolimumab, particularly in type IV OI jci.org/articles/view/…
Identification of ENPP1 Haploinsufficiency in Patients With Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and Early-Onset Osteoporosis
And finally... I'm gonna be talking a LOT about prunes with my patients these days, thanks to these authors
...small effect on preservation of hip BMD compared to loss in controls with moderate dose of prunes (poor compliance with high dose) academic.oup.com/ajcn/article-a…
P.S.: In case you missed out, here was last year's overview 👇
Proud 🤩 to present our preprint on the use of #CO2 monitors in hospital: background, pilot data and protocol for an RCT.
A #COVID19 🧵 @trishgreenhalgh@mjb302
While Belgium is about to become one of the first countries to mandate #CO2monitors in bars, no evidence supports their use, which is particularly problematic in clinical medicine #EBM. How are CO2 levels in hospitals? What does the literature say? @HuffmanLabDU@j_g_allen
#1 Atypical Femoral fractures @NEJM (Black DM et al.)
Risk reduces within months of @Bisphosphonate1 discontinuation. Benefit>risk in any group but less so in Asians and women <65yr nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NE…
Every doctor carries along her/his own little graveyard. Inevitably, we make mistakes. People die, or become disabled. You never forget those patients. 1/n
In my first year of training there was a 20yo woman with stage IV lymphoma (DLBCL). She was clinically fine but I overlooked her creatinin which showed severe CKD from diuretics. 1w later she came in with heart block from betablocker overdose and died. 2/n
An older woman during training was admitted after a fall. She complained of shoulder pain -> no fracture. Next day she was paraplegic from spinal fracture. She hadn't complained about her back and I missed that. 3/n