Traumatic neck and back pain are common presentations to the ED.
Traumatic neck and back pain are common presentations to the ED.
A systematic approach to the interpretation of the spinal radiograph can help to identify potentially devastating though fortunately uncommon serious injuries.
Back pain is common: it is estimated that 60-80% of the population have back pain at some time during their life.
Low back pain is a very common problem and it is estimated that 80% of the population suffer from it at some stage of their life. It is also a common presentation to emergency departments.
A 36-year-old female presents with acute thoracic back pain and develops weakness in her right leg, eventually diagnosed as spinal cord ischemia.
Acute back pain is something that we see fairly often in the emergency department
This guideline sets out the standards for timeliness of provision of analgesia and provides an approach to the delivery of analgesia for adult patients presenting to the ED.
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A 25-year-old man has attended the Emergency Department four times in the last fortnight with low back pain.
A 56-year-old plumber attends with lower back pain and urinary incontinence.
Referred pain into the upper extremities often accompanies neck pain. Referred pain can be the initial symptom of a compressed nerve root by a ruptured disc or stenosis at the foramina from osteophytes.
A 74-year-male presented to the Emergency Department with neck pain. Whilst enjoying a round of golf, slipped backwards down a bank onto some rocks
