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Screening for osteoporosis to prevent fractures​​[88]

Published by:US Preventive Services Task Force

Last published:2025

Pharmacologic treatment of primary osteoporosis or low bone mass to prevent fractures in adults[67]

Published by:American College of Physicians

Last published:2023 (reaffirmed 2024)

Postoperative rehabilitation of low energy hip fractures in older adults: appropriate use criteria[208]

Published by:The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

Last published:2023

2022 American College of Rheumatology guideline for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis​[87]

Published by:American College of Rheumatology

Last published:2023

Acute treatment of hip fractures in older adults: appropriate use criteria[207]

Published by:The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

Last published:2023

The clinician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis[62]

Published by:Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation

Last published:2022

ACR appropriateness criteria: osteoporosis and bone mineral density[69]

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2022

Management of postmenopausal osteoporosis[70]

Published by:American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Last published:2022

ACR appropriateness criteria: osteonecrosis[92]

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2022

Osteoporosis prevention, screening and diagnosis[31]

Published by:American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Last published:2021

Pharmacological management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women[111]

Published by:Endocrine Society

Last published:2020

Expert panel consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of secondary osteoporosis in children[211]

Published by:Spanish Society of Pediatric Rheumatology

Last published:2020

Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis[93]

Published by:American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists; American College of Endocrinology

Last published:2020

Management of osteoporosis in survivors of adult cancers with nonmetastatic disease[209]

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2019

Managing osteoporosis in patients on long-term bisphosphonate treatment[210]

Published by:American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Last published:2016

Osteoporosis in men[94]

Published by:Endocrine Society

Last published:2012

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