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Underwood, Martin and Buchbinder, Rachelle (2013) Red flags for back pain. BMJ, Volume 347 . f7432-f7432. doi:10.1136/bmj.f7432
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7432
Abstract
A popular idea that didn’t work and should be removed from guidelines
Nearly all guidelines on low back pain have stressed the importance of red flag signs—positive answers to key questions about medical history that indicate the possibility of a serious underlying condition—since the publication of influential reports in the United Kingdom and United States in 1994.1 2 In a linked systematic review (doi:10.1136/bmj.f7095), Downie and colleagues challenge this orthodoxy by investigating the accuracy of red flags to screen for fracture or cancer in people presenting with low back pain.3
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Backache -- Risk factors | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | BMJ | ||||
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0959-535X | ||||
| Official Date: | December 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 347 | ||||
| Page Range: | f7432-f7432 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.f7432 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Description: | Editorial |
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