Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Systemic steroids have an established role in the management of numerous medical conditions across all specialities. Osteoporosis predisposing to osteoporotic fracture is a well known adverse effect of long term steroid treatment, which can affect at an early stage of the treatment. Established steroid induced osteoporosis is associated with significant co-morbidity and is difficult to reverse.Aim: To determine the frequency of osteoporosis...