RESUMO
The study aimed to determine hospital-based prevalence of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal Saudi Arabian women. Chest radiographs from consecutive Saudi women over the age of 50 years visiting the emergency room at King Fahd Hospital of the University were evaluated. Of 785 radiographs analysed 159 (20.3%) patients had 198 vertebral fractures. The mean age of the women was 65.7 (SD 8.5) years. In only 37.8% of the radiographs with fractures was a vertebral fracture highlighted in the radiologist's report, and only 13.2% of the women with vertebral fractures were on antiresorptive therapy for osteoporosis.
Assuntos
Fraturas Espontâneas/epidemiologia , Fraturas Espontâneas/etiologia , Osteoporose Pós-Menopausa/complicações , Fraturas da Coluna Vertebral/epidemiologia , Fraturas da Coluna Vertebral/etiologia , Vértebras Torácicas/lesões , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Diagnóstico Precoce , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência , Feminino , Fraturas Espontâneas/diagnóstico por imagem , Hospitais Universitários , Humanos , Pacientes Internados/estatística & dados numéricos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteoporose Pós-Menopausa/tratamento farmacológico , Pós-Menopausa , Prevalência , Radiografia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Arábia Saudita/epidemiologia , Distribuição por Sexo , Fraturas da Coluna Vertebral/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
The study aimed to determine hospital-based prevalence of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal Saudi Arabian women. Chest radiographs from consecutive Saudi women over the age of 50 years visiting the emergency room at King Fahd Hospital of the University were evaluated. Of 785 radiographs analysed 159 [20.3%] patients had 198 vertebral fractures. The mean age of the women was 65.7 [SD 8.5] years. In only 37.8% of the radiographs with fractures was a vertebral fracture highlighted in the radiologist's report, and only 13.2% of the women with vertebral fractures were on antiresorptive therapy for osteoporosis
