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Published in: Archives of Osteoporosis 1/2020

01-12-2020 | Osteoarthrosis | Consensus Statement

Diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: consensus statement of the GCC countries’ osteoporosis societies under the auspices of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO)

Authors: Yousef Al-Saleh, Nasser M. Al-Daghri, Shaun Sabico, Thamer Alessa, Samar Al Emadi, Fatheya Alawadi, Salim Al Qasaabi, Abdullah Alfutaisi, Mustafa Al Izzi, Jameela Mukhaimer, Abdul Rahim Suhaili, Jean-Yves Reginster, Riad Sulimani

Published in: Archives of Osteoporosis | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Summary

A consensus platform is provided by the experts of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries’ respective osteoporosis societies, on which specific guidelines can be developed further for regional use on the assessment and treatment of postmenopausal women at risk from fractures due to osteoporosis.

Introduction

Guidance is provided in a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country setting on the assessment and treatment of postmenopausal women at risk from fractures due to osteoporosis, which is an adaptation of the European guidance by Kanis et al., jointly published by the International Osteoporosis Foundation and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO). The respective osteoporosis societies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries assembled for a unifying consensus on the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women for the region.

Methods

The Chair for Biomarkers of Chronic Diseases (CBCD) in King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), in cooperation with the Saudi Osteoporosis Society (SOS), hosted regional experts and respective leaders from different GCC osteoporosis societies, together with an adviser from the ESCEO. An assembly of experts representing the different osteoporosis societies from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, and Kuwait gathered on February 15–16, 2019 in Riyadh, KSA for the formulation of a general osteoporosis consensus for the region.

Results

The following areas were covered: diagnosis of osteoporosis and assessment of fracture risk; general and pharmacological management of osteoporosis; and hip fractures, vitamin D, recommendation on which FRAX tool to follow, and the importance of country-specific FRAX® and fracture liaison services for secondary fracture prevention.

Conclusions

A platform is provided on which specific guidelines can be developed for regional use in GCC.
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Metadata
Title
Diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: consensus statement of the GCC countries’ osteoporosis societies under the auspices of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO)
Authors
Yousef Al-Saleh
Nasser M. Al-Daghri
Shaun Sabico
Thamer Alessa
Samar Al Emadi
Fatheya Alawadi
Salim Al Qasaabi
Abdullah Alfutaisi
Mustafa Al Izzi
Jameela Mukhaimer
Abdul Rahim Suhaili
Jean-Yves Reginster
Riad Sulimani
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
Archives of Osteoporosis / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1862-3522
Electronic ISSN: 1862-3514
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-020-00778-5

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