BONE DENSITOMETRY
Women have a greater risk of developing osteoporosis and bone fractures. Osteoporosis affects 200 million women around the world. This disease causes more than 8.9 million fractures annually, resulting in an osteoporotic fracture every 3 seconds around the world. Osteoporotic fractures occur most often in the hip, spine, and wrist. There are also mortality rates are significant associated with hip fractures.
His practice is at the forefront of the fight against osteoporosis, fractures and debilitating loss of independence among women, because of menopause, hormonal changes or other factors trigger the loss of bone mineral density and increase the risk of fractures among women.
Our solutions health bone health and metabolic him equipped with the tools to help better diagnose osteoporosis and risk of fractures among women. The screening of postmenopausal women through a scanner X-ray absorptiometry dual-energy (DXA) provides a measure of bone mineral density and the use of FRAX®, an application for assessment of risk of fracture, it can help to predict further the risk of bone fracture of a woman in the next 10 years, according to a number of risk factors such as age, body mass index, history of fractures, the daily intake of alcohol, and if a patient smokes or has rheumatoid arthritis.
With the application Trabecular Bone Score (TBS), you can also consider the quality of bone and the bone microarchitecture of the bone to achieve greater confidence in the clinical diagnosis. Explore our portfolio of bone health and metabolic DXA learning more about our products and clinical applications ".
