2004
Does This Woman Have Osteoporosis?
Green AD, Colón-Emeric CS, Bastian L, Drake MT, Lyles KW. Does This Woman Have Osteoporosis? JAMA 2004, 292: 2890-2900. PMID: 15598921, DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.23.2890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal fracturesWall-occiput distanceBone densitometryUS Preventive Services Task Force guidelinesGreatest positive likelihood ratioOccult vertebral fracturesPhysical examination findingsTask Force guidelinesDiagnosis of osteopeniaPositive likelihood ratioEarly referralScreening recommendationsVertebral fracturesExamination findingsPhysical examinationPretest probabilityInclusion criteriaClinical challengeMEDLINE searchExamination maneuversPhysical signsFinger breadthsOsteoporosisEarly screeningYoung women
1997
Perceptions of Menopausal Stage and Patterns of Hormone Replacement Therapy Use
Bastian L, Couchman G, Rimer B, McBride C, Feaganes J, Siegler I. Perceptions of Menopausal Stage and Patterns of Hormone Replacement Therapy Use. Journal Of Women's Health 1997, 6: 467-475. PMID: 9279835, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1997.6.467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHormone replacement therapyUse of HRTHRT useStage of menopauseMenopausal stagePatient characteristicsHormone replacement therapy useCohort of womenWomen's perceptionsLogistic regression modelsBilateral oophorectomyMenopausal statusIndependent predictorsTherapy useReplacement therapyPelvic examinationOvarian cancerBreast cancerFamily historyMenopauseAverage agePhysical exerciseYoung womenWomenOverall rate