Elderly Women (> 65 years) Quick Table: "Insufficient"

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Please note: In 2003, the CTF updated its Grades of Recommendations to include an "I Recommendation" for situations where insufficient evidence exists to allow a recommendation to be made.  (Formerly, these situations were captured under a "C Recommendation".)  This change is not retroactive, and all "C Recommendations" made prior to 2003 have not been reevaluated in light of the new "I" recommendation grade.  For a discussion of these recommendation grades, please link to the 2003 article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal here.

Quick Table of I Recommendations Specific to Elderly Women (>65 years)

Condition
Maneuver
Population
"I" Recommendations
Falls prevention in long-term care facilities Structured multidisciplinary programs High-Risk Elderly
Falls prevention in long-term care facilities Interventions (e.g., physiotherapy or exercise programs) to reduce specific risk factors Elderly
Osteoporotic fractures Screening using bone turnover markers to predict fractures Postmenopausal women
Osteoporotic fractures Primary prevention of fragility fractures using raloxifene, bisphosphonates, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, fluoride or combination therapy Postmenopausal women
Osteoporotic fractures Secondary prevention of fragility fractures using calcium and vitamin D alone, HRT, exercise, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, fluoride or combination therapy Postmenopausal women
Osteoporotic fractures Tertiary prevention of fragility fractures using exercise, HRT, calcitonin, fluoride or combination therapy Postmenopausal women

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Quick Table of I Recommendations from General Population Recommendations Relevant to Elderly Women (>65 years)

Condition
Maneuver
Population
"I" Recommendations
Cancers (esophageal, stomach, colorectal, urological, prostate) Vitamin E General population
Cardiovascular disease Vitamin E General population and male smokers
Lung Cancer Spiral CT scanning General population

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