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Metabolic Bone Disease Following ICU Admission
Aka: Metabolic Bone Disease Following ICU Admission, Critical Illness Related Metabolic Bone Disease, Osteoporosis Secondary to ICU Admission, Disuse Osteoporosis
- See Also
- Post-ICU Ambulatory Care
- Epidemiology
- Bone resorption occurs in nearly all prolonged critically ill patients
- Nierman (1998) Chest 114(4): 1122-8
- Risk Factors
- Corticosteroid use
- Limited weight bearing
- Vitamin D Deficiency (very common in prolonged ICU admission)
- Women over age 60 years
- Complications
- Osteoporosis
- Hip Fracture
- Vertebral Fracture
- References
- Volk (2009) Am fam Physician 79(6): 459-64