Title: “Hip fractures are preventable: A proposal for osteoporosis screening and fall prevention in older people”

The paper discussed practical ways to reduce the burden of fractures and formulated three recommendations:

1. All men (aged ≥70 years) and women (aged ≥65 years) should receive universal dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry assessment for osteoporosis
2. All men (aged ≥70 years) and women (aged ≥65 years) with a fracture-risk assessment-derived 10-year risk (hip fracture with bone mineral density) ≥3% should receive ≥3 years of anti-osteoporotic treatment
3. Comprehensive structured assessment (including dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) should be conducted in older patients with a history of falling

Published in Hong Kong Medical Journal (Volume 26, Number 3, JUNE 2020)
Full text: https://www.hkmj.org/abstracts/v26n3/227.htm