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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 23. Musculoskeletal Disorders > |
Chapter 276. Neck and Back Pain
Sections: Neck and Back Pain: Introduction, Epidemiology, Anatomic Considerations in Neck and Back Pain, Clinical Features of Neck Pain, Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment and Disposition, Back Pain: The Thoracic and Lumbar Pain Syndromes, Acknowledgment, References.
Topics Discussed: back pain; neck pain.
Excerpt:"There are many causes of neck and back pain, including trauma
and biomechanical injuries, degeneration, inflammation (arthritides),
infection (e.g., diskitis, meningitis, epidural abscess), infiltration
(e.g., metastatic cancer and spinal cord tumors), and compression
(e.g., epidural hematoma and abscess).1–3 In
many cases of atraumatic neck and back pain, no specific cause can
be identified. The best approach to this complaint is to perform
a systematic evaluation based on risk factors in
the history and physical examination and let this guide diagnostic
testing and management (Table 276-1)...."
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