2011
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-011-1756-1
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Patients with cirrhosis and ascites have false values of bone density

Abstract: Ascites over 4 l causes inaccuracy of BMD measurements, particularly at the lumbar spine. This fact must be considered when assessing bone mass in patients with advanced cirrhosis.

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“…Using the FRAX calculator [Głuszko et al 2014], one can determine when to begin appropriate pharmacological therapy. Note, however, that the assessment of BMD in patients with cirrhosis, both when measured at the lumbar spine as well as within the proximal femur, is difficult due to decreased densitometric accuracy in patients with ascites [Guañabens et al 2012]. Multisite bone ultrasound methods are new, alternative tools, which could be successfully used in these patients as a diagnostic option in the future [Karjalainen et al 2016].…”
Section: Diagnosis and Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Using the FRAX calculator [Głuszko et al 2014], one can determine when to begin appropriate pharmacological therapy. Note, however, that the assessment of BMD in patients with cirrhosis, both when measured at the lumbar spine as well as within the proximal femur, is difficult due to decreased densitometric accuracy in patients with ascites [Guañabens et al 2012]. Multisite bone ultrasound methods are new, alternative tools, which could be successfully used in these patients as a diagnostic option in the future [Karjalainen et al 2016].…”
Section: Diagnosis and Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Care needs to be taken in interpreting results in the presence of ascites as a volume of over 4 L has been shown to reduce BMD measurements at the lumbar spine [21].…”
Section: Diagnosismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Considerando estos aspectos, los principales factores de riesgo a valorar son: la edad avanzada, el consumo crónico de alcohol, el tabaquismo, un índice de masa corporal inferior a 19 kg/m 2 , el antecedente de fractura personal y en familiares de primer grado, el hipogonadismo en varones, la menopausia precoz, la amenorrea secundaria de más de 6 meses y el tratamiento con glucocorticoides (dosis de 5 mg/día de prednisona o superior, durante más de 3 meses) 45 .…”
Section: Evaluación De La Osteoporosisunclassified
“…Así, la DMO de columna lumbar medida por DXA en pacientes con ascitis importante, superior a 4 l, puede estar falsamente reducida 45 . Por otro lado, los marcadores óseos relacionados con el colágeno tipo 1 no reflejan con exactitud el grado de remodelado óseo en la CBP, ya que pueden estar influidos por el metabolismo hepático de colágeno 21 .…”
Section: Evaluación De La Osteoporosisunclassified