Patient (condition)
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Acute back pain
Lumbar pain
Attempt to elicit signs of neurological deficit to rule out spinal cord or nerve root compression that may be amenable to surgical correction
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Jan 10, 2013
"Urgent neuroimaging is indicated in situations where important neurological symptoms or signs are present in a patient with low back pain. This includes patients with extensive deficits, which are usually due to compression of multiple nerve roots in the cauda equina, and produce symptoms of peri-anal (“saddle”) sensory loss, bowel and urogenital dysfunction and variable leg numbness and weakness" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm...
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Apr 22, 2012
Analgese appropriately and assess mobility once adequate analgesia has been administered for discharge home, otherwise admit for analgesia.
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Feb 02, 2012
Good review of the approach to the patient with back pain and leg weakness. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm...
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