Patient (condition)
 
Aliases:
Acute back pain
Lumbar pain

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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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"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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Analgese appropriately and assess mobility once adequate analgesia has been administered for discharge home, otherwise admit for analgesia.

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Good review of the approach to the patient with back pain and leg weakness. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm...

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