PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mazanec, Daniel J.
TI  - Back pain: medical evaluation and therapy
DP  - 1995 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 163--168
VI  - 62
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/3/163.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/3/163.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1995 May 01; 62
AB  - SUMMARY Most patients with acute low back pain or sciatica improve with appropriate conservative therapy, and most require no immediate diagnostic studies beyond a careful history and examination. □ In patients with "red flags" for visceral, malignant, or infectious causes or possible cauda equina syndrome, a more aggressive evaluation is mandatory. □ In patients whose pain does not respond to initial management or who have chronic symptoms, diagnostic reevaluation is appropriate.