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Densitometry Applications: Regional
Relevance, 2001
Meetings
Staff from
the program organized a university-based
symposium entitled "Densitometry Applications: Regional Relevance” in
collaboration with colleagues from St
Joseph’s University. The symposium took
place on April 20, 2001 in Beirut,
Lebanon. It was the nucleus for a
national effort that resulted in the
development and unanimous endorsement of
the Lebanese Guidelines for Osteoporosis
Assessment by five Lebanese scientific
societies:
- The
Lebanese Society of Endocrinology
- The
Lebanese Society of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
- The
Lebanese Society of Orthopedics
- The
Lebanese Society of Radiology
- The
Lebanese Society of Rheumatology
- The
Eastern Mediterranean Regional
Office of the World Health
Organization
Official
Positions for FRAX Clinical Regarding
International Differences
From Joint Official Positions
Development Conference of the
International Society for Clinical
Densitometry and International
Osteoporosis Foundation on FRAX. Jane A.
Cauley, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan*, Asma
Arabi, Saeko Fujiwara, Sergio Ragi Eis,
Andrew Calderon, Siok Bee Chionh, Zhao
Chen, Jeffrey Curtis, Michelle E.
Danielson, David Hanley, Heikki Kroger,
Annie Kung, Olga Lesnyak,Jeri Nieves,13
Anne-Marie Schott-Pethelaz,14 Wojciech
Pluskiewicz, Rola El Rassi,Stuart
Silverman, Rene Rizzoli, and Marjorie M.
Luckey., on behalf of the FRAX? Position
Development Conference Members. J Clin
Densitom in Press
2005 -
Dissemination of Guidelines
The Lebanese Guidelines
for Osteoporosis Assessment and
Treatment
have
completed their first dissemination
phase. 5 society-based interactive
audience participation sessions attended
by over 180 physicians took place over
the last 3 months.
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Lebanese Society of
Endocrinology,
(January 11, 2005)
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Lebanese Society of Rheumatology and
Family Medicine,
(February 3, 2005)
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Lebanese Society of Radiology,
(February 4, 2005)
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Lebanese Orthopedics Association,
(March 8, 2005)
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Lebanese Society of
OB/GYN
(PDF Format)
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March 3, 2005, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
(PDF Format)
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May 26, 2005, Tripoli, Lebanon
(PDF
Format)
Thanks to
the support of WHO Lebanon, 5 similar
sessions were conducted in 2005 with the
General Medicine society across Lebanon:
in Beirut, Tripoli, Jounieh, Zahleh, and
Saida, reaching over 250 physicians.
2006 - Update
Meeting
was presented on April 30, 2006, Gefinor Rotana. Local experts discussed
the Lebanese Guidelines
(PDF Update Proceedings)
based on new national data. The panel of
international experts included:
Professor Juliet Compston, Professor
John Kanis, and Professor Michael Mc
Clung .
The Update of the
Guidelines is endorsed by the 5 Lebanese
Lebanese Scientific Societies involved
with osteoporosis care, and by the
Lebanese Ministry of Health.
These were published in Lebanese Medical
Journal 2007 and are in press in
Journal of Clinical Densitometry 2008. They
can be accessed amongst other
international Osteoporosis Guidelines
under the following link:
www.iofbonehealth.org/health-professionals/national-regional-guidelines/references.html#ref_9
2006 -
2008 Dissemination
of Update Guidelines
First
Update LMJ 2007
(PDF Format)- A case-based audience participation
interactive session in collaboration
between OSTEOS and the OB-GYN society at
the annual meeting of the Lebanese
Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Nov 2 at the Bristol Hotel
(More)
(PDF Format)
Dissemination of Fist Update conducted
in collaboration between OSTEOS and the Lebanese Society of Rheumatology,
Feb 23, 2008 at St Joseph University.
Dissemination of Fist Update conducted
in collaboration between OSTEOS and the Lebanese Association of Orthopedics:
A case-based interaction participation interactive session. March 27, 2008
at the Gefinor Rotana.
Lebanese
Society of
Endocrinology, June 2008
Upcoming Lebanese Guidelines
Disseminations Meetings
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