The impact on the population of the different recommendations is enormous, varying from 17% to 80% of the population over 50 who would be tested
Although in men it seems that a clinical rationale exists between the presence of risk factors and the rates of BMD testing, this pattern does not seem to exist in women. One in 10 of the densitometric tests performed were inappropriate according to all the guidelines.
Autor: Hurtado I, Sanfélix-Gimeno G, Baixauli-Pérez C, Peiró S, Sanfélix-Genovés J.
