Kleerekoper Michael, Siris Ethel S., McClung Michael (eds.) The Bone and Mineral Manual: A Practical Guide

Academic Press, 1999. — 161 p. — ISBN: 0124126502The Bone and Mineral Manual incorporates the most up-to-date laboratory methods, techniques, and approaches for designing strategies and investigating the pathophysiology of bone and mineral metabolism. It presents information in a succinct format that allows practitioners to find the answers they need quickly and easily--even while the patient encouter is still in progress. This practical guide will become a frequent companion of endocriniologists, bone and mineral specialists, and nephrologists.Diagnostic procedures
Practical guide to bone densitometry
Indications for bone mass measurement
Laboratory analyses useful in the diagnosis of calcium metabolic disorders
Biochemical markers of bone remodeling
Skeletal imaging: radiographs, CT, MRI
Scintigraphy
Bone biopsy in malignant and metabolic bone diseases
Clinical disorders
Neonates and children
Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia in neonates
Preterm infants with fractures
Rickets
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Juvenile osteoporosis
Fibrous dysplasia
Adolescents
Secondary amenorrhea
Young adults
Nephrolithiasis
Acute spinal cord injury, closed head injury, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Osteoporosis
Prevention of bone loss
Prevention of fractures in patients with low bone mass
Evaluation
Osteoporosis in men
Steroid-induced osteoporosis
Organ transplantation
Pharmacologic therapy
Nonpharmacologic therapy
Other bone diseases
Paget's disease
Renal bone diseases
Metastatic bone disease
Osteomalacia
High bone mass
Abnormal serum calcium
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Nonparathyroid chronic and acute hypercalcemias
Hypocalcemia
Patient and family education and support
Principles of patient and family education and support
Resources for education and support