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Guidance on the Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis in New Zealand

The Guidance is a highly practical tool that provides support to clinicians throughout the health system to deliver evidence-based practice for their patients who are at high risk of sustaining fragility fractures. This user-friendly Guidance has been developed by a panel of experts with support and project management from ONZ and funding from ACC.

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Management of osteoporosis guidelines

Guidelines from New Zealand and Australia

  • Ebeling PR, Daly RM, Kerr DA, Kimlin MG. An evidence-informed strategy to prevent osteoporosis in Australia. Med J Aust. 2013 Feb 4;198(2):90-91. PubMed ID 23373498
  • Nowson CA, McGrath JJ, Ebeling PR et al. Vitamin D and health in adults in Australia and New Zealand: a position statement. Med J Aust. 2012 Jun 18;196(11):686-687. PubMed ID 22708765
  • Duque G, Close JJ, de Jager JP et al. Treatment for osteoporosis in Australian residential aged care facilities: consensus recommendations for fracture prevention. Med J Aust. 2010 Aug 2;193(3):173-179. PubMed ID 20678047
  • Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and older men. 2010. Link.
  • Sanders KM, Nowson CA, Kotowicz MA et al. Calcium and bone health: position statement for the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society, Osteoporosis Australia and the Endocrine Society of Australia. Med J Aust. 2009 Mar 16;190(6):316-320. PubMed ID 19296813
  • Reid I, Grainger R. Prevention of Osteoporosis. Best Practice Journal 2008 Oct;17:6-13. Link.

Guidelines from other countries

Canada

  • Papaioannou A, Morin S, Cheung AM et al. 2010 clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada: summary. CMAJ. 2010 Nov 23;182(17):1864-1873. PubMed ID 20940232

United Kingdom

  • Compston J, Bowring C, Cooper A et al. Diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and older men in the UK: National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) update 2013. Maturitas. 2013 Aug;75(4):392-396. PubMed ID 23810490
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Alendronate, etidronate, risedronate, raloxifene, strontium ranelate and teriparatide for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women (amended). Technology Appraisal 161. 2011. Link.
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Alendronate, etidronate, risedronate, raloxifene and strontium ranelate for the primary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women (amended). Technology Appraisal 160. 2011. Link.
  • British Orthopaedic Association and British Geriatrics Society. The care of patients with fragility fracture. 2007. Link.

United States of America

  • National Osteoporosis Foundation. The Clinician’s Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis. 2014. Link.
  • Watts NB, Adler RA, Bilezikian JP et al. Osteoporosis in men: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jun;97(6):1802-1822. PubMed ID 22675062

Acute hip fracture care guidelines

Guidelines from New Zealand and Australia

  • Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) Steering Group. Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Hip Fracture Care: Improving Outcomes in Hip Fracture Management. 2013. Published in September 2014.  Available for download from www.anzhfr.org.
  • Mak J, Wong E, Cameron I. Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine. Position statement – orthogeriatric care. Aust J Ageing. 2011 Sep;30(3):162-169. PubMed ID 21923712
  • Mak JC, Cameron ID, March LM. Evidence-based guidelines for the management of hip fractures in older persons: an update. Med J Aust. 2010 Jan 4;192(1):37-41. PubMed ID 20047547

Guidelines from other countries

Canada

  • Bone and Joint Decade Canada. National Hip Fracture Toolkit. 2011. Link.

United Kingdom

  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The Management of Hip Fracture in Adults. 2011. NICE Clinical Guideline 124. Link. Also see NICE Quality Standard 16. Link.
  • Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Management of proximal femoral fractures 2011. Link.
  • British Orthopaedic Association and British Geriatrics Society. The care of patients with fragility fracture. 2007. Link.

United States of America

  • Bukata SV, Digiovanni BF, Friedman SM et al. A guide to improving the care of patients with fragility fractures. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil. 2011 Jan;2(1):5-37. PubMed ID 23569668