Bone health in Neurology: managing the fracture risk

About this episode

The episode discusses the integration of bone health into neurology clinics and the management of fracture risk in patients.

In this Practical Neurology bonus international podcast linked to the February issue, host Alasdair Coles (Cambridge, UK) is joined by movement disorder specialist Dr. Ashley Paul (Johns Hopkins, US) and epilepsy expert Dr. Lata Vadlamudi (Brisbane, Australia) to discuss the integration of bone health into neurology clinics. They discuss the identification of osteoporosis in patients on steroids or anti-seizure medications and evaluate the use of FRAX assessment tools for neurological populations. They also address the implementation of screening protocols and checklists to prevent fragility fractures. Read the related paper: Osteoporosis and fracture risk: a practical guide for neurologists Participants: Professor Alasdair Coles is Head of Department for Clinical Neuroscience and also Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair, UK. Associate Professor Lata Vadlamudi, Senior Staff Specialist in Neurology at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia. Dr. Ashley Paul, Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Division of Movement Disorders at Johns Hopkins University, USA. Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the…

People in this episode

Host: Alasdair Coles

Guests: Ashley Paul, Lata Vadlamudi

Topics covered

• bone health
• neurology
• osteoporosis
• fracture risk
• screening protocols
• movement disorders

Keywords

• bone health
• neurology
• osteoporosis
• fracture risk
• FRAX assessment
• anti-seizure medications
• screening protocols

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair, Johns Hopkins University, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Books & works: Osteoporosis and fracture risk: a practical guide for neurologists

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