Online Tool Aims to Help Estimate Fracture Risk

Then click on the “calculate” button to get the estimated 10-year risk for hip fracture and all major fractures. The tool should not be used for premenopausal women, men under 50 years old, or patients who have started pharmacotherapy for bone health. It will underestimate risk in some patients because it does not include all risk factors and all secondary causes of osteoporosis. Keep your clinical thinking cap on, she advised.

Dr. Luckey is associated with multiple companies that make osteoporosis medications. She is a consultant and speaker for Eli Lilly & Co. and Merck & Co., and she is a consultant and received grants from Amgen Inc. Dr. Luckey is a speaker and received grant funds from Proctor & Gamble Corp. She also is a speaker for Sanofi Aventis and Novartis Corp. and received grants from Roche/GlaxoSmithKline.

'Quantitative fracture risk assessment has finally arrived' but keep your clinical thinking cap on. DR. LUCKEY