Clinical practice guidelines for optimizing bone health in Korean children and adolescents

Author: Young Ah LEE ¹ ; Ahreum KWON ; Jae Hyun KIM ; Hyo-Kyoung NAM ; Jae-Ho YOO ; Jung Sub LIM ; Sung Yoon CHO ; Won Kyoung CHO ; Kye Shik SHIM ;
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1. Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Publication Type:Review Article
From:Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism 2022;27(1):5-14
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: The Committee on Pediatric Bone Health of the Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology has newly developed evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for optimizing bone health in Korean children and adolescents. These guidelines present recommendations based on the Grading of Recommendations, which includes the quality of evidence. In the absence of sufficient evidence, conclusions were based on expert opinion. These guidelines include processes of bone acquisition, definition, and evaluation of low bone mineral density (BMD), causes of osteoporosis, methods for optimizing bone health, and pharmacological treatments for enhancing BMD in children and adolescents. While these guidelines provide current evidence-based recommendations, further research is required to strengthen these guidelines.