CRACKCast E223 - Back Pain - a podcast by The CanadiEM.org Team
from 2021-03-01T19:21:45
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Core Questions
- List key historical red flags in a patient presenting with back pain. (Box 32.1)
- List red flags on physical examination of a patient with back pain. (Box 32.1)
- List key critical differential diagnoses for a patient presenting with acute back pain (Box 32.2)
- Describe an approach to the rapid assessment of a patient with acute lower back pain (Fig 32.1)
- Describe an approach to ancillary testing and imaging for critical causes of acute back pain (table 32.1)
- List the sensory, motor, and screening tests for the lumbar nerve roots L3-S1 (table 32.2)
- Describe an overview of the management of acute low back pain (Fig 32.2)
Wisecracks
- What are 4 variables associated with serious outcomes in patients with back pain (p. 276)
- Differentiate between conus medullaris syndrome and cauda equina syndrome.
- What physical exam/ancillary findings are most predictive of cauda equina? (CJEM 2020;22(5):652–654)
- How does Rosen’s differentiate between disc herniation and radiculopathy?
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