Low back and radicular pain: A pathway for care developed by the British Pain Society

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-120

  Lee, J ^a,b   Gupta, S ^c   Price, C ^d   Baranowski, A P ^b,e  

^a Cayman Islands Hospital   (Cayman Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analgesics, opioid; injections, epidural; injections, spinal; low back pain; radiculopathy; sciatica; zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; SCIATICA; SELF CARE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY;

EID: 84880196951     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet172     Document Type: Article

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