ea0044p60 | Bone and Calcium | SFEBES2016
Wilson Clare
, Loughrey Paul
, Cummings Bernie
, McNally Colette
, Lindsay John
The SIGN guideline group recently suggested a fracture risk threshold of 10% as an indication for DXA. Patients who do not have a 10 year fracture probability of 10% or more would therefore not meet the criteria for direct access to DXA. In order to assess whether implementing these guidelines would impact overall management, we undertook a prospective audit of our direct access DXA and health promotion service. Charts from 61 consecutive patients were reviewed (54F/7M, Mean a...