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Back Pain

AUTHOR:
Joseph Mort
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
  1. Develop a differential diagnosis for a patient presenting with back pain.
  2. Be able to perform useful physical exam maneuvers for the evaluation of back pain.
  3. List red-flag features of a patient’s back pain that should prompt evaluation with imaging studies.
  4. Identify which causes of back pain are and are not surgical indications.
  5. List pain management strategies for patients with chronic back pain.
Section
AccessMedicine > Huppert’s Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine > Symptoms & Chief Complaints in General Medicine > BACK PAIN
Section
AccessMedicine > Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide, 4e > Approach to the Patient with Low Back Pain - Case 1 > CONSTRUCTING A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Case File
AccessMedicine > Case Files: Family Medicine, 5e > Case 53 > Acute Low Back Pain
Case File
AccessMedicine > Vanderbilt Internal Medicine and Pediatric Curriculum > 30 > Low Back Pain

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