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Review
. 2016 Dec;65(226):42-44.
doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2016.09.016.

[Nurses mobilised in screening for osteoporosis]

[Article in French]
Martine Maville  1 , Grégoire Cormier  2 , Stéphanie Rabiller  1 , Jérôme Dimet  1 , Céline Cozic  1
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[Nurses mobilised in screening for osteoporosis]

[Article in French]
Martine Maville et al. Rev Infirm. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

The consequences of an osteoporotic fracture are often harmful. The teams of La Roche-sur-Yon general hospital have created a primary and secondary screening programme led by a nurse. Hospitalised female patients between the ages of 50 and 80 are screened for osteoporosis risk factors.

Keywords: bone densitometry; bone mineral density; densité minérale osseuse; dépistage; fracture; osteoporosis; ostéodensitométrie; ostéoporose; screening.

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