RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Back pain: medical evaluation and therapy
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 163
OP 168
VO 62
IS 3
A1 Daniel J. Mazanec
YR 1995
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/3/163.abstract
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.