[Nurses mobilised in screening for osteoporosis]

Martine Maville; Grégoire Cormier; Stéphanie Rabiller; Jérôme Dimet; Céline Cozic

doi:10.1016/j.revinf.2016.09.016

[Nurses mobilised in screening for osteoporosis]

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

[Article in French]

Authors

Martine Maville¹, Grégoire Cormier², Stéphanie Rabiller¹, Jérôme Dimet¹, Céline Cozic¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre hospitalier départemental de Vendée, Service de rhumatologie, Les Oudairies Boulevard Stéphane-Moreau, 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France.
² Centre hospitalier départemental de Vendée, Service de rhumatologie, Les Oudairies Boulevard Stéphane-Moreau, 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27908478
DOI: 10.1016/j.revinf.2016.09.016

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Nursing Diagnosis*
Osteoporosis / diagnosis*