@article{ref1,
title="The identification of osteoporosis in patients presenting with low-impact fracture: a pilot study of a method for identification of these patients",
journal="Accident and emergency nursing",
year="2005",
author="Rees, Jacqueline E. and Mann, Cliff",
volume="13",
number="2",
pages="126-129",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To assess the use of a portable ultrasound unit in screening for osteoporosis in older patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with low-impact fractures. METHOD: All patients over 65 years with a possible low-impact fracture were to be identified and screened. Full ethical approval was obtained. An initial pilot study of &quot;non-osteoporotic&quot; ED staff was carried out before the full study was to occur. RESULTS: The pilot study showed portable ultrasound measuring proximal phalanx bone mineral density lacked both precision and accuracy. CONCLUSIONS: The aims of the study were worthwhile. However, the initial pilot study showed that the tools were inadequate for a full study. The full study was abandoned and new ways of identifying these patients are being looked at.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0965-2302",
doi="10.1016/j.aaen.2004.12.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aaen.2004.12.001"
}