How emergency physicians approach low back pain: Choosing costly options

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 143-150

  Elam, Kenneth C ^a,b   Cherkin, Daniel C ^a,c   Deyo, Richard A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b St Joseph Hospital Tacoma   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency physicians; low back pain

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BED REST; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028969568     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(94)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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