- Perform a literature (MEDLINE or EMBASE) search to identify the following:
- A commonly-used, evidence-based initial treatment regime for this patient. Reference your answer to a recent North American practice guideline and cite ONE relevant review article from your search.
- Choose ONE lifestyle, ONE nutritional and ONE pharmacologic intervention from the chosen treatment regime and fine an original research article (not a review article) that supports each of the three interventions you have picked.
- Submit the search strategy that you used in #1.
- Mrs. Ferguson has a 10-year-old grand-daughter, Ainsley, who is health and active in soccer and swimming. Last summer, she was kicked in the shin during soccer practice and sustained an undisplaced tibial fracture that healed after 8 weeks in a cast.
- Does Ainsley have osteoporosis, based on this information?
- What is Ainsley's normal, recommended dietary calcium intake?
- Identify a reputable source of patient health education to give to Ainsley's mother on this topic. Provide a copy of the material and cite the source.
Prevention of osteoporosis
Mrs. Ferguson's daughter is very concerned about the possibility that Mary will fall and injure herself again. Following a discussion of treatment options with both women, you prescribe a combination of lifestyle, nutritional and pharmacological modalities for Mary.