Maria Cristina Caffetti

Effectiveness of an integrated hospital-community care pathway for fragility fractures’ secondary prevention: the PROMOTER-II study

Laura Bogliolo, Silvia Grignaschi, Catherine Klersy, Pietro Perotti et autres

As the global population ages, osteoporosis and fragility fractures (FF) are emerging health concerns worldwide. This study assesses the effectiveness of an integrated hospital-community pathway in improving prescription and adherence to anti-fracture treatment. Additionally, it analyzes the re-fracture rate and mortality at …

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Adherence to Calcium and Vitamin D supplementations: results from the ADVICE Survey.

F. Conti, Prisco Piscitelli, Giovanni Italiano, Alessandro Parma et autres

OBJECTIVE: The ADVICE (ADherence in VItamin-D and Calcium Embedded or not) survey was aimed to evaluate the effect of a patient-focused motivation strategy on the adherence to calcium and vitamin D supplementation. The survey also intended to identify possible factors being able …

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P36 - Severe Osteoporosis in Cushing’s Syndrome

Maria Cristina Caffetti

Cushing’s syndrome is characterised by a series of clinical manifestations due to hypersecretion of cortisol. These include: arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), asthenia, amenorrhea, osteoporosis and pathological fractures. We describe the case of a 70-year-old woman with Cushing’s syndrome with right adrenal …