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Fragility Fractures in HIV-Infected Patients: Need for Better Understanding of Diagnosis and Management

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Jeannie S. Huang, MD

University of California, San Diego, CA

Ian J. Woolley, MBBS

Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Benjamin Young, MD, PhD

Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO

Paul E. Sax, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Marisa Gerber, MD

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Susan Swindells, MBBS

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Hector Bonilla, MD

Summa Health Center, Akron, OH

Geetha Gopalakrishnan, MD

Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI

HIV infection, AIDS, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) have been associated with bone fragility fractures, although the prevalence and incidence are not well studied by researchers. In HIV and ART, osteopenia and osteoporosis are multifactorial, and health promotion or medical health maintenance should anticipate and prevent morbidity of bone fragility fractures.

Key Words: HIV • antiretroviral therapy • osteopenia • osteoporosis • pathological fractures • fragility fractures

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