Alfania Carvalho
Fortaleza General Hospital, BrazilTitle: Bone densitometry in children and adolescents: main aspects
Abstract
In recent decades, there has been a significant increase
in the prevalence of children and adolescents with chronic diseases with
potential impairment of bone health due to the disease itself and the therapy
used. The monitoring and early diagnosis of osteoporosis in these patients
involve clinical and densitometry parameters. Bone densitometry is the gold
standard test for determining bone mineral density (BMD) and assessing body
composition; children and adolescents tolerate it well because it is fast and
painless, in addition to having high sensitivity and low radiation emission.
Health professionals who care for children and adolescents must be familiar
with this test because this procedure is still little requested in childhood
and adolescence, unlike what happens with the elderly, where bone densitometry
has its well- established use. Aspects of the exam in these age groups are
relevant for better management and follow-up of these patients, such as its
indications, factors that affect accuracy and analysis, fields to be studied,
and principal information obtained from the exam. Bone densitometry represents
a relevant diagnostic resource in the preventive approach to osteoporosis in
the early stages of life and allows timely interventions with better results.
Biography
Alfania Maria de Carvalho has a Master's Degree in Child
and Adolescent Health from the State University of Ceara, Brazil. Graduate
physician from the Federal University of Ceara (UFC). Medical Residency in
Pediatrics at Walter Cantidio University Hospital (UFC) and Medical Residency
in Radiology and Imaging Diagnosis at Barao de Lucena Hospital (HBL- PE). Also
a law student at Fortaleza University (UNIFOR). She currently works as a doctor
in the Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Service of Fortaleza General Hospital
(HGF), a reference center for highly complex procedures, the largest public
hospital in the state network, where she researches osteoporosis and bone
densitometry.
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