RT Book, Section
A1 Della-Giustina, David
A1 Dubin, Jeffrey S.
A1 Frohna, William
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121518104
T1 Neck and Back Pain
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121518104
RD 2024/04/20
AB Low  back  pain  alone  accounts  for  approximately  3%  of  all  ED  visits  in  the  United  States.1  Nearly  one  third  of  ED  back  pain  patients  receive  x-rays,  and  10%  undergo  CT  or  MRI  imaging.2  Analysis  of  the  2010  Global  Burden  of  Disease  study  reveals  a  point  prevalence  of  5%  for  low  back  pain  and  9%  for  neck  pain.  Back  pain  is  the  number  one  cause  of  disability  in  the  United  States;  neck  pain  is  number  four.3,4