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Maas AFG, Wyers C, Dielis A, Barten DG, van Kampen VEM, van der Krieken TE, de Kruif M, Simsek S, Spaetgens B, van Haaps T, Appelman B, Gritters NC, Doornbos S, Moeniralam HS, Noordzij PG, Reidinga A, Douma RA, Nossent EJ, Beudel M, Elbers P, Middeldorp S, van Es N, van den Bergh JPW, van Osch FHM. The Incidence of Pulmonary Embolism in Hospitalized Non-ICU Patients with COVID-19 during the First Wave: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study in the Netherlands. J Vasc Res 2024:1-8. [PMID: 38631294 DOI: 10.1159/000538312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION During the first COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 in the Netherlands, the incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) appeared to be high in COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). This study was performed to evaluate the incidence of PE during hospital stay in COVID-19 patients not admitted to the ICU. METHODS Data were retrospectively collected from 8 hospitals in the Netherlands. Patients admitted between February 27, 2020, and July 31, 2020, were included. Data extracted comprised clinical characteristics, medication use, first onset of COVID-19-related symptoms, admission date due to COVID-19, and date of PE diagnosis. Only polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive patients were included. All PEs were diagnosed with computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA). RESULTS Data from 1,852 patients who were admitted to the hospital ward were collected. Forty patients (2.2%) were diagnosed with PE within 28 days following hospital admission. The median time to PE since admission was 4.5 days (IQR 0.0-9.0). In all 40 patients, PE was diagnosed within the first 2 weeks after hospital admission and for 22 (55%) patients within 2 weeks after onset of symptoms. Patient characteristics, pre-existing comorbidities, anticoagulant use, and laboratory parameters at admission were not related to the development of PE. CONCLUSION In this retrospective multicenter cohort study of 1,852 COVID-19 patients only admitted to the non-ICU wards, the incidence of CTPA-confirmed PE was 2.2% during the first 4 weeks after onset of symptoms and occurred exclusively within 2 weeks after hospital admission.
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- Arno F G Maas
- VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Zuyderland Hospital, Department of Pulmonology, Heerlen, The Netherlands
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- Northwest Clinics, Department of Internal Medicine, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section Geriatric Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Center, Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department(s), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Treant Zorggroep, Department of Intensive Care, Emmen, The Netherlands
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- Treant Zorggroep, Department of Intensive Care, Emmen, The Netherlands
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- St Antonius Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- St Antonius Hospital, Department of Intensive Care, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Martini Ziekenhuis, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Flevo Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Almere, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Free University Amsterdam, Cardiovascular Sciences Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Laboratory for Critical Care Computational Intelligence, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section Geriatric Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section Geriatric Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Venlo, The Netherlands
- Maastricht University, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Maastricht University, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Venlo, The Netherlands
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Veldhuis L, Ridderikhof ML, Schinkel M, van den Bergh J, Beudel M, Dormans T, Douma R, Gritters van den Oever N, de Haan L, Koopman K, de Kruif MD, Noordzij P, Reidinga A, de Ruijter W, Simsek S, Wyers C, Nanayakkara PW, Hollmann M. Early warning scores to assess the probability of critical illness in patients with COVID-19. Emerg Med J 2021; 38:901-905. [PMID: 34706897 PMCID: PMC8553424 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2020-211054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Validated clinical risk scores are needed to identify patients with COVID-19 at risk of severe disease and to guide triage decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the performance of early warning scores (EWS) in the ED when identifying patients with COVID-19 who will require intensive care unit (ICU) admission for high-flow-oxygen usage or mechanical ventilation. METHODS Patients with a proven SARS-CoV-2 infection with complete resuscitate orders treated in nine hospitals between 27 February and 30 July 2020 needing hospital admission were included. Primary outcome was the performance of EWS in identifying patients needing ICU admission within 24 hours after ED presentation. RESULTS In total, 1501 patients were included. Median age was 71 (range 19-99) years and 60.3% were male. Of all patients, 86.9% were admitted to the general ward and 13.1% to the ICU within 24 hours after ED admission. ICU patients had lower peripheral oxygen saturation (86.7% vs 93.7, p≤0.001) and had a higher body mass index (29.2 vs 27.9 p=0.043) compared with non-ICU patients. National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) ≥ 6 and q-COVID Score were superior to all other studied clinical risk scores in predicting ICU admission with a fair area under the receiver operating characteristics curve of 0.740 (95% CI 0.696 to 0.783) and 0.760 (95% CI 0.712 to 0.800), respectively. NEWS2 ≥6 and q-COVID Score ≥3 discriminated patients admitted to the ICU with a sensitivity of 78.1% and 75.9%, and specificity of 56.3% and 61.8%, respectively. CONCLUSION In this multicentre study, the best performing models to predict ICU admittance were the NEWS2 and the Quick COVID-19 Severity Index Score, with fair diagnostic performance. However, due to the moderate performance, these models cannot be clinically used to adequately predict the need for ICU admission within 24 hours in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection presenting at the ED.
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- Lars Veldhuis
- Emergency Medicine, Amsterdam UMC - Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Locatie VUmc, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, Limburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
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- Intensive Care, Zuyderland Medical Centre Heerlen, Heerlen, Limburg, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, Flevoziekenhuis, Almere, Flevoland, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, Flevoziekenhuis, Almere, Flevoland, The Netherlands
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- Intensive Care, Martini Ziekenhuis, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Intensive Care, Zuyderland Medical Centre Heerlen, Heerlen, Limburg, The Netherlands
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- Intensive Care, Saint Antonius, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Intensive Care, Martini Ziekenhuis, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, Limburg, The Netherlands
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- Section Acute Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Anaesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC - Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Sánchez E, Schilling C, Grupp TM, Giurea A, Wyers C, van den Bergh J, Verdonschot N, Janssen D. The effect of different interference fits on the primary fixation of a cementless femoral component during experimental testing. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2020; 113:104189. [PMID: 33158789 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.104189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cementless femoral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) components use a press-fit (referred to as interference fit) to achieve initial fixation. A higher interference fit could lead to a superior fixation, but it could also introduce more damage to the bone during implantation. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of interference fit on the micromotions and gap opening/closing at the bone-implant interface. Experimental tests were performed in six pairs of cadaveric femurs implanted with femoral components using a low interference fit of 350 μm and a high interference fit of 700 μm. The specimens were subjected to the peak loads of gait and squat, based on the Orthoload dataset. Digital Image Correlation (DIC) was used to measure the micromotions and opening/closing in different regions of interest (ROIs). Two linear mixed-effect statistical models were created with micromotions and gap opening/closing as dependent variables. ROIs, loading conditions, and implant designs as independent variables, and cadaver specimens as random intercepts. The results revealed no significant difference between the two interference fit implants for micromotions (p = 0.837 for gait and p = 0.065 for squat), nor for the gap opening/closing (p = 0.748 for gait and p = 0.561 for squat). In contrast, significant differences were found between loading and most of the ROIs in both dependent variables (p < 0.0001). Additionally, no difference in bone deformation was found between low and high interference fit. Changing interference between either 350 μm or 700 μm did not affect the primary stability of a femoral TKA component. There could be an interference fit threshold beyond which fixation does not further improve.
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- Esther Sánchez
- Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Orthopaedic Research Lab, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Aesculap AG, Research & Development, Tuttlingen, Germany; Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Campus Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Orthopedics, Vienna, Austria
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- VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Venlo, the Netherlands; Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Venlo, the Netherlands; Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Hasselt University, Biomedical Research Centre, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Orthopaedic Research Lab, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; University of Twente, Laboratory for Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Orthopaedic Research Lab, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Iori G, Schneider J, Reisinger A, Heyer F, Peralta L, Wyers C, Glüer CC, van den Bergh JP, Pahr D, Raum K. Cortical thinning and accumulation of large cortical pores in the tibia reflect local structural deterioration of the femoral neck. Bone 2020; 137:115446. [PMID: 32450342 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Cortical bone thinning and a rarefaction of the trabecular architecture represent possible causes of increased femoral neck (FN) fracture risk. Due to X-ray exposure limits, the bone microstructure is rarely measurable in the FN of subjects but can be assessed at the tibia. Here, we studied whether changes of the tibial cortical microstructure, which were previously reported to be associated with femur strength, are also associated with structural deteriorations of the femoral neck. METHODS The cortical and trabecular architectures in the FN of 19 humans were analyzed ex vivo on 3D microcomputed tomography images with 30.3 μm voxel size. Cortical thickness (Ct.Thtibia), porosity (Ct.Potibia) and pore size distribution in the tibiae of the same subjects were measured using scanning acoustic microscopy (12 μm pixel size). Femur strength during sideways falls was simulated with homogenized voxel finite element models. RESULTS Femur strength was associated with the total (vBMDtot; R2 = 0.23, p < 0.01) and trabecular (vBMDtrab; R2 = 0.26, p < 0.01) volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD), with the cortical thickness (Ct.ThFN; R2 = 0.29, p < 0.001) and with the trabecular bone volume fraction (Tb.BV/TVFN; R2 = 0.34, p < 0.001), separation (Tb.SpFN; R2 = 0.25, p < 0.01) and number (Tb.NFN; R2 = 0.32, p < 0.001) of the femoral neck. Moreover, smaller Ct.Thtibia was associated with smaller Ct.ThFN (R2 = 0.31, p < 0.05), lower Tb.BV/TVFN (R2 = 0.29, p < 0.05), higher Tb.SpFN (R2 = 0.33, p < 0.05) and lower Tb.NFN (R2 = 0.42, p < 0.01). A higher prevalence of pores with diameter > 100 μm in tibial cortical bone (relCt.Po100μm-tibia) indicated higher Tb.SpFN (R2 = 0.36, p < 0.01) and lower Tb.NFN (R2 = 0.45, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION Bone resorption and structural decline of the femoral neck may be identified in vivo by measuring cortical bone thickness and large pores in the tibia.
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- Gianluca Iori
- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Division Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands
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- Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Sorbonne Universités, INSERM UMR S 1146, CNRS UMR 7371, Paris, France; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands
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- Sektion Biomedizinische Bildgebung, Klinik für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands
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- Division Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria; Institute for Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
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Iori G, Peralta L, Reisinger A, Heyer F, Wyers C, van den Bergh J, Pahr D, Raum K. Femur strength predictions by nonlinear homogenized voxel finite element models reflect the microarchitecture of the femoral neck. Med Eng Phys 2020; 79:60-66. [PMID: 32291201 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2020.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In the human femoral neck, the contribution of the cortical and trabecular architecture to mechanical strength is known to depend on the load direction. In this work, we investigate if QCT-derived homogenized voxel finite element (hvFE) simulations of varying hip loading conditions can be used to study the architecture of the femoral neck. The strength of 19 pairs of human femora was measured ex vivo using nonlinear hvFE models derived from high-resolution peripheral QCT scans (voxel size: 30.3 µm). Standing and side-backwards falling loads were modeled. Quasi-static mechanical tests were performed on 20 bones for comparison. Associations of femur strength with volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) or microstructural parameters of the femoral neck obtained from high-resolution QCT were compared between mechanical tests and simulations and between standing and falling loads. Proximal femur strength predictions by hvFE models were positively associated with the vBMD of the femoral neck (R² > 0.61, p < 0.001), as well as with its cortical thickness (R² > 0.27, p < 0.001), trabecular bone volume fraction (R² = 0.42, p < 0.001) and with the first two principal components of the femoral neck architecture (R² > 0.38, p < 0.001). Associations between femur strength and femoral neck microarchitecture were stronger for one-legged standing than for side-backwards falling. For both loading directions, associations between structural parameters and femur strength from hvFE models were in good agreement with those from mechanical tests. This suggests that hvFE models can reflect the load-direction-specific contribution of the femoral neck microarchitecture to femur strength.
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- Gianluca Iori
- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Sorbonne Universités, INSERM UMR S 1146, CNRS UMR, 7371, Paris, France; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands
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- Division Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria; Institute for Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
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Iori G, Schneider J, Reisinger A, Heyer F, Peralta L, Wyers C, Gräsel M, Barkmann R, Glüer CC, van den Bergh JP, Pahr D, Raum K. Correction: Large cortical bone pores in the tibia are associated with proximal femur strength. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0219443. [PMID: 31276564 PMCID: PMC6611664 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Iori G, Schneider J, Reisinger A, Heyer F, Peralta L, Wyers C, Gräsel M, Barkmann R, Glüer CC, van den Bergh JP, Pahr D, Raum K. Large cortical bone pores in the tibia are associated with proximal femur strength. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215405. [PMID: 30995279 PMCID: PMC6469812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Alterations of structure and density of cortical bone are associated with fragility fractures and can be assessed in vivo in humans at the tibia. Bone remodeling deficits in aging women have been recently linked to an increase in size of cortical pores. In this ex vivo study, we characterized the cortical microarchitecture of 19 tibiae from human donors (aged 69 to 94 years) to address, whether this can reflect impairments of the mechanical competence of the proximal femur, i.e., a major fracture site in osteoporosis. Scanning acoustic microscopy (12 μm pixel size) provided reference microstructural measurements at the left tibia, while the bone vBMD at this site was obtained using microcomputed tomography (microCT). The areal bone mineral density of both left and right femoral necks (aBMDneck) was measured by dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA), while homogenized nonlinear finite element models based on high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography provided hip stiffness and strength for one-legged standing and sideways falling loads. Hip strength was associated with aBMDneck (r = 0.74 to 0.78), with tibial cortical thickness (r = 0.81) and with measurements of the tibial cross-sectional geometry (r = 0.48 to 0.73) of the same leg. Tibial vBMD was associated with hip strength only for standing loads (r = 0.59 to 0.65). Cortical porosity (Ct.Po) of the tibia was not associated with any of the femoral parameters. However, the proportion of Ct.Po attributable to large pores (diameter > 100 μm) was associated with hip strength in both standing (r = -0.61) and falling (r = 0.48) conditions. When added to aBMDneck, the prevalence of large pores could explain up to 17% of the femur ultimate force. In conclusion, microstructural characteristics of the tibia reflect hip strength as well as femoral DXA, but it remains to be tested whether such properties can be measured in vivo.
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- Gianluca Iori
- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Division Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire d’Imagerie Biomédicale, Sorbonne Universités, INSERM UMR S 1146, CNRS UMR 7371, Paris, France
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Sektion Biomedizinische Bildgebung, Klinik für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Sektion Biomedizinische Bildgebung, Klinik für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Sektion Biomedizinische Bildgebung, Klinik für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Division Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
- Institute for Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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Dagnelie P, Wyers C, Denissen K, van Helden S, Schotanus M, Heyligiers I, Willems P, Reijven P. NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION IN ELDERLY AFTER HIP FRACTURE IMPROVES NUTRITIONAL STATUS, BUT NOT CLINICAL OUTCOME. Innov Aging 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igy023.3029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- P Dagnelie
- Department of Internal Medicine, CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Trauma surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center Sittard, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center Heerlen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dietetics, Maastricht UMC+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Iori G, Heyer F, Kilappa V, Wyers C, Varga P, Schneider J, Gräsel M, Wendlandt R, Barkmann R, van den Bergh JP, Raum K. BMD-based assessment of local porosity in human femoral cortical bone. Bone 2018; 114:50-61. [PMID: 29860154 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
Abstract
Cortical pores are determinants of the elastic properties and of the ultimate strength of bone tissue. An increase of the overall cortical porosity (Ct.Po) as well as the local coalescence of large pores cause an impairment of the mechanical competence of bone. Therefore, Ct.Po represents a relevant target for identifying patients with high fracture risk. However, given their small size, the in vivo imaging of cortical pores remains challenging. The advent of modern high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) triggered new methods for the clinical assessment of Ct.Po at the peripheral skeleton, either by pore segmentation or by exploiting local bone mineral density (BMD). In this work, we compared BMD-based Ct.Po estimates with high-resolution reference values measured by scanning acoustic microscopy. A calibration rule to estimate local Ct.Po from BMD as assessed by HR-pQCT was derived experimentally. Within areas of interest smaller than 0.5 mm2, our model was able to estimate the local Ct.Po with an error of 3.4%. The incorporation of the BMD inhomogeneity and of one parameter from the BMD distribution of the entire scan volume led to a relative reduction of the estimate error of 30%, if compared to an estimate based on the average BMD. When applied to the assessment of Ct.Po within entire cortical bone cross-sections, the proposed BMD-based method had better accuracy than measurements performed with a conventional threshold-based approach.
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- Gianluca Iori
- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- AO Research Institute Davos, Davos, Switzerland
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Sektion Biomedizinische Bildgebung, Klinik für Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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- Sektion Biomedizinische Bildgebung, Klinik für Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
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Lems WF, Dreinhöfer KE, Bischoff-Ferrari H, Blauth M, Czerwinski E, da Silva J, Herrera A, Hoffmeyer P, Kvien T, Maalouf G, Marsh D, Puget J, Puhl W, Poor G, Rasch L, Roux C, Schüler S, Seriolo B, Tarantino U, van Geel T, Woolf A, Wyers C, Geusens P. EULAR/EFORT recommendations for management of patients older than 50 years with a fragility fracture and prevention of subsequent fractures. Ann Rheum Dis 2016; 76:802-810. [PMID: 28007756 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2016] [Revised: 11/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) have recognised the importance of optimal acute care for the patients aged 50 years and over with a recent fragility fracture and the prevention of subsequent fractures in high-risk patients, which can be facilitated by close collaboration between orthopaedic surgeons and rheumatologists or other metabolic bone experts. Therefore, the aim was to establish for the first time collaborative recommendations for these patients. According to the EULAR standard operating procedures for the elaboration and implementation of evidence-based recommendations, 7 rheumatologists, a geriatrician and 10 orthopaedic surgeons met twice under the leadership of 2 convenors, a senior advisor, a clinical epidemiologist and 3 research fellows. After defining the content and procedures of the task force, 10 research questions were formulated, a comprehensive and systematic literature search was performed and the results were presented to the entire committee. 10 recommendations were formulated based on evidence from the literature and after discussion and consensus building in the group. The recommendations included appropriate medical and surgical perioperative care, which requires, especially in the elderly, a multidisciplinary approach including orthogeriatric care. A coordinator should setup a process for the systematic investigations for future fracture risk in all elderly patients with a recent fracture. High-risk patients should have appropriate non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment to decrease the risk of subsequent fracture.
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- W F Lems
- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery (CMSC), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Medical Park Berlin Humboldtmühle, Berlin, Germany
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- Departemnt of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department for Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Bone and Joint Diseases, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Health and Sciences, Krakow Medical Centre, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina e Centro Hospitalar, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Surgery, University of Zaragoza, Zaragosa, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Medicine, St. Joseph University, Bellevue University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hopital Rangueil, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Past President EFORT, University Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Rheumatology Chair, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, INSERM 1153, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery (CMSC), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Medical Park Berlin Humboldtmühle, Berlin, Germany
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- Research Laboratory and Academic, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, CAPHRI-School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Bone and Joint Research Group, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,University Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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Wyers C, Reijven P, Evers S, Willems P, Heyligers I, Verburg A, van Helden S, Dagnelie P. PP060-SUN COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION IN HIP FRACTURE PATIENTS: A MULTI-CENTRE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (RCT). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1744-1161(12)70112-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dumitrescu B, van Helden S, ten Broeke R, Nieuwenhuijzen-Kruseman A, Wyers C, Udrea G, van der Linden S, Geusens P. Evaluation of patients with a recent clinical fracture and osteoporosis, a multidisciplinary approach. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2008; 9:109. [PMID: 18680609 PMCID: PMC2529301 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2007] [Accepted: 08/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The aetiology of osteoporotic fractures is multifactorial, but little is known about the way to evaluate patients with a recent clinical fracture for the presence of secondary osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of contributors to secondary osteoporosis in patients presenting with a clinical vertebral or non-vertebral fracture. Identifying and correcting these contributors will enhance treatment effect aimed at reducing the risk of subsequent fractures. In a multidisciplinary approach, including evaluation of bone and fall-related risk factors, 100 consecutive women (n = 73) and men (n = 27) older than 50 years presenting with a clinical vertebral or non-vertebral fracture and having osteoporosis (T-score ≤-2.5) were further evaluated clinically and by laboratory testing for the presence of contributors to secondary osteoporosis. In 27 patients, 34 contributors were previously known, in 50 patients 52 new contributors were diagnosed (mainly vitamin D deficiency in 42) and 14 needed further exploration because of laboratory abnormalities (mainly abnormal thyroid stimulating hormone in 9). The 57 patients with contributors were older (71 vs. 64 yrs, p < 0.01), had more vertebral deformities (67% vs. 44%, p < 0.05) and a higher calculated absolute 10-year risk for major (16.5 vs. 9.9%, p < 0.01) and for hip fracture (6.9 vs. 2.4%, p < 0.01) than patients without contributors. The presence of contributors was similar between women and men and between patients with fractures associated with a low or high-energy trauma. We conclude that more than one in two patients presenting with a clinical vertebral or non-vertebral fracture and BMD-osteoporosis have secondary contributors to osteoporosis, most of which were correctable. Identifying and correcting these associated disorders will enhance treatment effect aimed at reducing the risk of subsequent fractures in patients older than 50 years.
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- Bianca Dumitrescu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Subdivision of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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