Effect of Intravenous Zoledronic Acid on Bone Mineral Density in Geraitrics
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 3
Abstract
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal progressive disease with multiple factors involved in its causation. A huge prevalence rate, a substantial morbidity and a significant mortality risk, is of specific concern especially in elderly. Among the various modalities of evaluation, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry is the one used here for obtaining bone mineral density and T-scores of the patients. In this study the effect of zoledronic acid in improving bone mineral density over an year is seen, in elderly population of Rajasthan, and a significant improvement was seen with minimal side effects, which can be managed conservatively. AIM: To study the effect of Intravenous Zoledronic acid on BMD in Geriatric patients with the objective to present and compare the profile of BMD and T-score < 2.5 in geriatric patients attending at orthopedic department of S.M.S. hospital, Jaipur. Material and methods: It is a hospital based prospective before and after interventional study. Sample size was calculated 81 subjects at 0.05 alpha error and power 80% assuming difference of means to be detected in BMD is 0.01 with SD 0.038.
Authors and Affiliations
Anurag Sharma, Amit K. Jain, R. C. Meena, Lokpal Singh Bhati, Laxman Chaudhary
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