Vitamin D deficiency and nutritional management of patients within FLS
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VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT WITHIN FLS

Date: February 3, 2021                       Speaker: Prof. René Rizzoli & Dr. Omar Alsaed

Key learning objectives include:

  • Identification of fractured patients at risk of malnutrition
  • Evaluation of malnutrition severity in various types of fractures
  • Understanding of the various nutritional interventions (dietary, supplements, specific amino acids)
  • Understanding of the outcomes of dietary/supplements intervention in fracture patients (rehabilitation, length of stay, mortality, fracture healing,  refracture rates, etc.)
  • Overview of how FLS improves nutritional management of patients and reduces secondary  fractures

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