Journal
EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA
Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 890-892Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13593
Keywords
emergency department; guideline; low back pain; primary care
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- CGM hold Research Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council
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ED visits for low back pain are increasing, but the lack of specific guidance for emergency physicians impedes evidence-based care, and adopting primary care recommendations may not be appropriate. The ED sees a different spectrum of low back pain presentations, where physicians are likely to encounter a larger proportion of patients with an underlying serious pathology or non-spinal diseases than in primary care. Current low back pain guidelines do not adequately cover screening for these conditions, but making a differential diagnosis is crucial in emergency patients with low back pain. In this article, we also discuss the challenges in developing specific ED guidelines for low back pain, the limited evidence on the profile of these patients and the surprising dearth of randomised trials.
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