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CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE & OSTEOPOROSIS

Date: April 10th, 2021        Speakers: Prof. Peter Ebeling & Dr. Essa Abuhelaiqa

Key learning objectives:

  • Causes of increased fracture risk in CKD
  • Assessing fracture risk in patients with CKD
    • DXA, FRAX®, PTH, bone-specific ALP
  • Effects of CKD on bone using novel imaging modalities
    • Trabecular bone score (TBS)
    • Advanced hip analysis on DXA
    • High-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT)
  • Treating patients with CKD to reduce fractures
    • Bisphosphonates, denosumab, teriparatide
    • Safety of bisphosphonates and denosumab in CKD stage 3-5
  • Understand the prevalence of osteoporosis among kidney transplant recipients in Qatar
  • Understand potential osteoporosis risk factors in kidney transplant recipients in Qatar