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User's Manual (Confidential)
OsteoSys Co., Ltd.
Model Designation : SONOST-2000
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Contraindications
chemotherapeutically induced castration
Individuals with medical conditions that could alter BMD:
• Chronic renal failure
• Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthritis
• Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia
• Organ transplantation
• Prolonged immobilization
• Conditions associated with secondary osteoporosis, such as
gastrointestinal malabsorption or malnutrition, sprue, osteomalacia,
vitamin D deficiency, endometriosis, acromegaly, chronic alcoholism
or established cirrhosis, and multiple myeloma
• Individuals who have had a gastric bypass for obesity
Individuals considering pharmacologic therapy for osteoporosis.
Individuals monitored for:
• Assess the effectiveness of osteoporosis drug therapy
• Follow-up medical conditions associated with abnormal BMD.
Children or adolescents with medical conditions associated with
abnormal BMD including but not limited to:
• Individuals receiving (or expected to receive) glucocorticoid
therapy for more than 3 months
• Individuals receiving radiation or chemotherapy for malignancies
• Individuals with an endocrine disorder known to adversely affect BMD
(e.g., hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, growth hormone
deficiency or Cushing's syndrome)
• Individuals with bone dysplasias known to have excessive fracture risk
(osteogenesis imperfecta, osteopetrosis) or high bone density
• Individuals with medical conditions that could change BMD, for
example:
1. Chronic renal failure
2. Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthritides
3. Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia
4. Organ transplantation
5. Prolonged immobilization
6. Conditions associated with secondary osteoporosis, such as;
gastrointestinal malabsorption, sprue, inflammatory bowel disease,
malnKKutrition, osteomalacia, vitamin D deficiency, acromegaly, cirrhosis,
HIV infection, prolonged exposure to fluorides
QUS may be indicated in the diagnosis, staging, and follow-up of
individuals with conditions that result in pathologically increased BMD,
such as osteopetrosis or prolonged exposure to fluoride.
There are no absolute contraindications to performing QUS.
Possibly of limited value or require modification of the technique or
rescheduling of the examination in some situations, including:
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- Try to measure the other side of heel if patient had some surgery like
implant which is placed by calcaneus bone.
DOC. No. : OT-IFU-S2K
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