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Metabolic Bone Disease Following ICU Admission

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Metabolic Bone Disease Following ICU Admission, Critical Illness Related Metabolic Bone Disease, Osteoporosis Secondary to ICU Admission, Disuse Osteoporosis

  • See Also
  1. Post-ICU Ambulatory Care
  • Epidemiology
  1. Bone resorption occurs in nearly all prolonged critically ill patients
  2. Nierman (1998) Chest 114(4): 1122-8 [PubMed]
  • Risk Factors
  1. Corticosteroid use
  2. Limited weight bearing
  3. Vitamin D Deficiency (very common in prolonged ICU admission)
  4. Women over age 60 years
  • Complications
  1. Osteoporosis
  2. Hip Fracture
  3. Vertebral Fracture
  • References
  1. Volk (2009) Am fam Physician 79(6): 459-64 [PubMed]