July - September 2011, Volume 7, Issue 3

Poiana C

"Interpretation and Use of FRAX in Clinical Practice": Does the Official Position Answer to our Concerns?

Acta Endo (Buc) 2011, 7 (3): 373-378
doi: 10.4183/aeb.2011.373

The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) developed the FRAX? Position Development Conference (PDC) in Bucharest, Romania, on November 14, 2010, following a two-day joint meeting of the ISCD and IOF called ?Interpretation and Use of FRAX? in Clinical Practice?, in order to bring answers to the numerous questions raised by the introduction and implementation of FRAX in clinical practice and to enhance the quality and clinical utility of fracture risk assessment (1-3).

Keywords: fracture risk assessment tool, osteoporosis diagnosis, intervention threshold, official positions

Correspondence: Catalina Poiana MD, PhD, Department of Endocrinology ?Carol Davila? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 34-36 Bd. Aviatorilor, 011863, Bucharest, Romania, Tel/Fax; + 4021 317 7430, e-mail: endoparhon@gmail.com