Fibrous dysplasia

Raška Ivan

Clin Osteol 2021; 26(3): 143-146

Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a congenital skeletal disease characterized by the presence of bone lesions containing fibrous connective tissue. FD occurs in monoostotic or polyostotic form. Rarely, fibrous dysplasia is part of McCune-Albright syndrome together with "café au lait" cutaneous hyperpigmentations and endocrine hyperfunction (especially pubertas praecox, thyrotoxicosis, Cushing's syndrome, etc.). Clinical symptomatology depends on the extent of the bone disease. Most bone lesions in FD are asymptomatic, with a minority of bone lesions manifesting as pain, bone deformity, or pathological fracture. The following article provides a brief overview...

Q-OSTEOPOROSIS: the comprehensive program for an assessment of healthcare quality at patients with risk of osteoporotic fractures

Duba Jaroslav, Dušek Lukáš, Aszalayová Miroslava, Pikner Richard, Palička Vladimír, Kasalický Petr

Clin Osteol 2021; 26(3): 113-118

Association of outpatient providers of internal medicine -⁠ SAI (www.saicr.cz), has set as its main goals by 2023: increasing reimbursements for outpatient internists, increasing young physicians´ interest to work in outpatients internal medicine practices and introducing measurable parameters for the continuous improvement of the quality of care. One of the main pillars on which the fulfillment of these goals is based is the introduction of quality care programs in cooperation with health insurance companies. Osteoporosis was selected as a pilot project because patients who already have confirmed osteoporosis or have an increased risk of osteoporotic...

Fracture Liaison Services: Program for coordinated secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures

Pikner Richard, Němec Pavel, Palička Vladimír, Švagr Martin, Hejduk Karel, Šanca Ondřej, Budíková Babora, Ngo Ondřej, Jarkovský Jiří, Májek Ondřej, Duba Jaroslav, Vachek Jan

Clin Osteol 2021; 26(3): 119-132

Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) as a tool for secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures has been proven to increase effectivity of patients´ care after osteoporotic fracture. FLS in Klatovy Hospital increased 6 times number of DXA measurements and 4-times the number of treated patients within first 6 months of implementation. There have been started 2 FLS projects in the Czech Republic in 2021. National pilot multicentric study OSTEO with 10 active participating centers verifying implementation of FLS protocols in the Czech Republic. Next project is "Q-osteoporosis". This is pilot project to improve quality of osteoporosis care by outpatient internists....

Pilot project FLS OSTEO -⁠ Secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in persons aged over 50 in the Czech Republic

Němec Pavel, Pikner Richard, Hejduk Karel, Ngo Ondřej, Budíková Barbora, Šanca Ondřej, Palička Vladimír, Rosa Jan, Jarkovský Jiří, Májek Ondřej

Clin Osteol 2021; 26(3): 133-142

Every third female and every fifth male over 50 years of age suffer from osteoporotic fracture. Approximately 15,000 patients with hip fracture in the Czech Republic are hospitalized every year, and nearly 25 % of them die within one year of the complications associated with this injury. Additionally, initial osteoporotic fracture increases the risk of another subsequent fracture by 2-5fold. Under-diagnosis of osteoporosis in the population is one of the most serious problems in the Czech Republic, which is related not only to the lack of information about the problem itself in the target population but also to the absence of a comprehensive program...

XXIV. mezinárodní kongres českých a slovenských osteologů 9.-11. 9. 2021, Hradec Králové - sborník abstrakt

Clin Osteol 2021; 26(3): 163-190

Výber z najnovších vedeckých informácií v osteológii

Šteňová Emoke

Clin Osteol 2021; 26(3): 147-148