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Low back pain is usually benign, idiopathic and self-limited. A history of red flags is useful in identifying patients requiring further diagnostic workup, including blood tests and spinal imaging.
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Banerjee, A. (2017). Musculoskeletal Emergencies. In: Emergency Clinical Diagnosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50718-7_3
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