Osteoporosis and its relation with severity of COPD and steroids use

Conclusion: There was significant derangement in BMD and T-score in COPD patients which leads to osteoporosis and osteopenia. Patients with history of long term use of oral corticosteroids had more negative values of T –scores at both lumbar spine and femoral neck when compared to inhaled steroids. It is advised to screen for osteoporosis in COPD patients with long term steroid use and who had severe disease.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Chawla, G., Sharma, V., Jain, S., Joshi, V., Niwas, R. Tags: Monitoring airway disease Source Type: research