Red Flags for Low Back Pain Are Not Always Really Red: A Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of Commonly Used Screening Questions for Low Back Pain.

CONCLUSIONS: While a positive response to a red flag question may indicate the presence of serious disease, a negative response to 1 or 2 red flag questions does not meaningfully decrease the likelihood of a red flag diagnosis. Clinicians should use caution when utilizing red flag questions as screening tools. PMID: 29509613 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Pain Physician - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: J Bone Joint Surg Am Source Type: research