KRS Website: Bone & Joint Health: Guidelines

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Toward Optimized Practice (TOP)
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TOP is a website for health care providers. It provides access to Clinical Practice Guidelines developed by Alberta physicians and health care teams. Contact us for information and help.

Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: 2023 update
This guideline update is intended to assist Canadian health care professionals in the delivery of care to optimize skeletal health and prevent fractures in postmenopausal females and in males aged 50 years and older.
CMA Infobase
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CMA Infobase is a Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines database, with guidelines relevant to osteoporosis, rheumatology and bone sarcoma.
Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis in Canada
2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada: summary

Guidelines International Network International Guidelines Library
An international guidelines library that contains topics relevant to bone and joint health. Contributing bodies include NICE and AHRQ (US).
Bone sarcomas: ESMO CPGs for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the treatment of bone sarcomas from the ESMO / European Sarcoma Network Working Group.
Fall prevention guideline ( American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society)
A summary of the American and British Geriatrics Society's Clinical Practice Guideline for the prevention of falls.
NICE Evidence Search
The link will take you to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) search portal where you will find relevant guidelines on the management of hip fracture and osteoporosis, for example.
Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines
This link will take you to the Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines portal where you will find guideline information for hip fracture and arthritis, for example.