Research Article

What if the silent disease comes with the reality? Comment on: Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low-and high-energy fractures

Volume: 49 Number: 2 May 22, 2015
  • Harun Gungor
  • Nusret Ok
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What if the silent disease comes with the reality? Comment on: Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low-and high-energy fractures

Abstract

We read with interest the article entitled “Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low- and high-energy fractures” by Angthong et al. in Vol. 47, No 5 (2013) of your journal. [1] We congratulate them for their inspiring work. However, the study itself has some methodological drawbacks, and contains false interpretations of results that lead to misunderstanding: 1. Inclusion of both low- and high-energy fracture patients to test probability of DEXA examination renders the criteria inconsistent.

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References

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  5. Bu yazının çevrimiçi İngilizce versiyonu www.aott.org.tr adresinde doi: 3944/AOTT.2015.14.0001
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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Harun Gungor This is me

Nusret Ok This is me

Publication Date

May 22, 2015

Submission Date

May 23, 2015

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 49 Number: 2

APA
Gungor, H., & Ok, N. (2015). What if the silent disease comes with the reality? Comment on: Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low-and high-energy fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 49(2), 224. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0001
AMA
1.Gungor H, Ok N. What if the silent disease comes with the reality? Comment on: Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low-and high-energy fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015;49(2):224. doi:10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0001
Chicago
Gungor, Harun, and Nusret Ok. 2015. “What If the Silent Disease Comes With the Reality? Comment On: Prevalence of Bone Mineral Density Testing and Osteoporosis Management Following Low-and High-Energy Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 49 (2): 224. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0001.
EndNote
Gungor H, Ok N (May 1, 2015) What if the silent disease comes with the reality? Comment on: Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low-and high-energy fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 49 2 224.
IEEE
[1]H. Gungor and N. Ok, “What if the silent disease comes with the reality? Comment on: Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low-and high-energy fractures”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 49, no. 2, p. 224, May 2015, doi: 10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0001.
ISNAD
Gungor, Harun - Ok, Nusret. “What If the Silent Disease Comes With the Reality? Comment On: Prevalence of Bone Mineral Density Testing and Osteoporosis Management Following Low-and High-Energy Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 49/2 (May 1, 2015): 224. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0001.
JAMA
1.Gungor H, Ok N. What if the silent disease comes with the reality? Comment on: Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low-and high-energy fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015;49:224.
MLA
Gungor, Harun, and Nusret Ok. “What If the Silent Disease Comes With the Reality? Comment On: Prevalence of Bone Mineral Density Testing and Osteoporosis Management Following Low-and High-Energy Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 49, no. 2, May 2015, p. 224, doi:10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0001.
Vancouver
1.Harun Gungor, Nusret Ok. What if the silent disease comes with the reality? Comment on: Prevalence of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis management following low-and high-energy fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015 May 1;49(2):224. doi:10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0001