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Osteoporosis

Última revisión: 26 Jan 2026
Última actualización: 21 Oct 2025

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • asymptomatic
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • back pain
  • kyphosis
  • height loss
  • vertebral tenderness
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Factores de riesgo

  • prior fragility fracture
  • female sex
  • white ancestry
  • older age (>50 years for women and >65 years for men)
  • low BMI
  • loss of height
  • family history of maternal hip fracture
  • postmenopause
  • secondary amenorrhea
  • primary hypogonadism
  • tobacco use
  • excessive alcohol use
  • prolonged immobilization
  • low calcium intake
  • vitamin D deficiency
  • diabetes
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • sarcopenia
  • glucocorticoid excess
  • corticosteroid use
  • proton-pump inhibitor use
  • hyperthyroidism
  • heparin use
  • anticonvulsant use
  • androgen deprivation treatment (men)
  • aromatase inhibitor treatment (women)
  • use of drugs associated with an increased risk of falls
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-bone mineral density (BMD)
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX)
  • vertebral fracture assessment (DXA-VFA)
  • trabecular bone score
  • quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of the heel
  • x-ray (wrist, heel, spine, and hip)
  • quantitative CT
  • biochemical markers of bone resorption and bone formation
  • serum alkaline phosphatase
  • serum calcium
  • serum albumin
  • serum creatinine
  • serum phosphate
  • serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D
  • serum parathyroid hormone
  • thyroid function tests
  • urinary free cortisol
  • serum testosterone (men)
  • urine protein electrophoresis
  • serum protein electrophoresis
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

En curso

not glucocorticoid-induced: women

not glucocorticoid-induced: men

glucocorticoid-induced

Colaboradores

Autores

Khashayar Sakhaee, MD

Professor in Internal Medicine

Division Chief of Mineral Metabolism

Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Dallas

TX

Divulgaciones

KS declares that he has no competing interests.

Alireza Zomorodian, MD

Research Associate

Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas

TX

Divulgaciones

AZ declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Khashayar Sakhaee and Dr Alireza Zomorodian would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Alberto V Cabo-Chan Jr and Dr Lisa Leinau, the previous contributors to this topic. AVCC and LL declare that they have no competing interests.

Divulgaciones

AVCC declares that he has no competing interests. LL declares that she has no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Kimberly Olson, MD

Internist

Veterans Administration Hospital

Minneapolis

MN

Divulgaciones

KO declares that she has no competing interests.

David Reid, MBBS

Head of Division of Applied Medicine & Professor of Rheumatology

School of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

UK

Divulgaciones

DMR has attended meetings sponsored by or been paid speaker fees by Amgen, Merck, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Roche, and Servier. He has been a paid advisor to Amgen, Merck, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Roche, Servier, and Shire Pharmaceuticals. He has undertaken research studies funded by Amgen, Merck, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, and Roche.

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Artículos principales

ACOG Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines–Gynecology. Osteoporosis prevention, screening, and diagnosis: ACOG clinical practice guideline no. 1. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Sep 1;138(3):494-506. Resumen

LeBoff MS, Greenspan SL, Insogna KL, et al. The clinician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int. 2022 Oct;33(10):2049-102.Texto completo  Resumen

ACOG Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines–Gynecology. Management of postmenopausal osteoporosis: ACOG clinical practice guideline no. 2. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Apr 1;139(4):698-717. Resumen

Humphrey MB, Russell L, Danila MI, et al. 2022 American College of Rheumatology guideline for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Dec;75(12):2088-102.Texto completo  Resumen

Eastell R, Rosen CJ, Black DM, et al. Pharmacological management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: an Endocrine Society* clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 May 1;104(5):1595-622.Texto completo  Resumen

Artículos de referencia

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