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ea0077p131 | Nursing Practice | SFEBES2021

The value of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan in patients at low risk of fragility fracture

Notey Rajinder , Buensalido Mayla , Del Rosario Ann , Gittoes Neil , Criseno Sherwin

Background: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust offers a comprehensive bone health assessment, through the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS), to individuals who sustain fragility fracture/s. Patients requiring assessment are identified daily through admissions from Accident and Emergency and Trauma and Orthopaedics. A bone density scan is requested for further investigations according to the FRAX tool to identify more accurately their fracture risk and to help de...