Metabolic Bone Disease Following ICU Admission

Aka: Metabolic Bone Disease Following ICU Admission, Critical Illness Related Metabolic Bone Disease, Osteoporosis Secondary to ICU Admission, Disuse Osteoporosis

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II. Epidemiology

  1. Bone resorption occurs in nearly all prolonged critically ill patients
  2. Nierman (1998) Chest 114(4): 1122-8 [PubMed]

III. Risk Factors

  1. Corticosteroid use
  2. Limited weight bearing
  3. Vitamin D Deficiency (very common in prolonged ICU admission)
  4. Women over age 60 years

IV. Complications

  1. Osteoporosis
  2. Hip Fracture
  3. Vertebral Fracture

V. References

  1. Volk (2009) Am fam Physician 79(6): 459-64 [PubMed]

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