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Back pain is a leading cause of morbidity worldwide and is one of the most common reasons for patients to seek care in an outpatient or ER setting. The purpose of this chapter is to help equip resident physicians in an ER training program with tools to help diagnose and treat the common causes of acute back pain in an adult population. Special emphasis is made on differentiating serious underlying causes of back pain from benign causes and understanding appropriate and cost-effective diagnostic workups that aid this process. Evidence-based treatment approaches are also outlined for the common causes of benign back pain.

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  1. Community Health and Family Medicine, UF Health Shands, Gainesville, 32610, FL, USA

    Grant Harrell MD

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Bobby Desai

  2. Department of Community Health & Family Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Alpa Desai

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Harrell, G. (2017). Back Pain. In: Desai, B., Desai, A. (eds) Primary Care for Emergency Physicians. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44360-7_23

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