Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice: Application and Interpretation by Bonnick, Sydney Lou Bonnick, Sydney Lou

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This fully updated and dramatically expanded edition will allow family physicians and specialists to fully understand not only what they need to do, but also why. New to this edition-over half the book-are discussions of the clinical guidelines for selecting patients for densitometry measurements, various questionnaires and indices that have been developed to help patients identify themselves as candidates for bone mass measurements, and specific densitometry applications of diagnosis, fracture risk prediction, and monitoring changes in bone density. Updated material includes an expanded review of the effects of diseases and drugs on bone density, new standardization formulas for the hip subregions and forearm, statistical devices necessary to "test the test," and guidance on how to do a short-term precision study and apply the result to clinical practice. An accompanying CD-ROM contains a Precision Calculator, a Statistical Confidence Calculator for Measured Change in BMD, OST Nomograms, a Patient Risk Factor Questionnaire, and a CME review, which, if successfully completed, can lead to 30 hours of AMA Category I continuing education credit.

Stephen J. Spann

This book describes the basic science of bone densitometry, and the application of this diagnostic tool in clinical practice. The purpose is to help the reader become proficient in the application and interpretation of bone densitometry. There are a limited number of readers who will be interested in reading an entire book on this subject. The book meets the author's objectives. It is written for anyone interested in bone densitometry (primarily practitioners). It will be of most interest to those who specialize in the diagnosis or treatment of osteoporosis. The author is a highly credible authority in the subject matter. The content is comprised of basic science aspects of bone densitometry, including statistical issues and quality control/clinical aspects (fracture prediction; effects of age, disease, and drugs on bone density; techniques and instrumentation; and clinical indications). The book provides in-depth coverage of the subject. It is well referenced and well illustrated. This is an in-depth discussion of bone densitometry and its use in clinical practice. Most primary care physicians will not have the time or interest to read such a treatise. On the other hand, the book provides a reference source for those who would wish to gain a comprehensive understanding of this subject matter.

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Reviewer:Carol Zapalowski, MD, PhD (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center)
Description:This is a comprehensive review of the radiologic principles and clinical applications of bone densitometry. The appendixes at the back of the book are an invaluable resource of information and are very easily accessible to the reader. Included is a CD-ROM which may be used as a knowledge assessment tool and/or as an opportunity to obtain continuing medical education credit. This second edition is an update and extension of the first edition published in 1998.
Purpose:The technology with which we measure bone density has improved greatly as has our ability to recognize and treat osteoporosis. The purpose of this second edition is to update information regarding the technical aspects of densitometry, as well as to incorporate the rapidly increasing body of knowledge available to us regarding physiological processes that affect bone mass and fracture risk. The book reviews therapeutic regimens available with which to treat and prevent osteoporosis. This is a concise, well written, complete review which unquestionably achieves the author's purpose of expanding upon and improving the first edition.
Audience:Dr. Bonnick is a renowned leader in the field of bone densitometry and her careful and critical approach to the scientific principles of densitometry and her command of the subject matter are obvious throughout the book. The material is aimed at physicians, other practitioners, and technologists. The information is applicable to the practices of specialists, including endocrinologists, rheumatologists, and radiologists, as well as to allprimary care providers involved in the interpretation of bone density measurements.
Features:Compared with the first edition, this edition expands upon the data about the technical aspects of bone densitometry, the skeletal anatomy involved, and the statistical concepts of precision and accuracy as it relates to densitometry. In this edition, Dr. Bonnick also explores and evaluates clinical guidelines for selecting patients on whom to do bone density testing. The book discusses fracture risk assessment, disease states which can affect bone mass, and specifics regarding therapeutic interventions. Each chapter is an excellent review. The author is able to explain the necessary statistics involved in a way in which they make sense to the reader. The appendixes are an essential resource for anyone working with bone densitometry.
Assessment:This is an invaluable resource for each and every physician and technologist involved with bone densitometry, specialists and primary care providers alike. It is an invaluable resource and stands alone as the premier textbook of bone densitometry principles and application. The updates in the second edition make it an even more comprehensive source of easily accessible information for the reader.

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Explains the technique to physicians and technologists. First deals with technical issues in the performance of bone densitometry such as available equipment, skeletal nomenclatures, elementary statistics, precision testing, and machine quality control. Then explores the application and interpretation of the data that are generated from such perspectives as predicting fracture risk, reference databases, the effects on bone density of various factors, guidelines by several medical societies, and real case studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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