Lumbosacral Spinal Imaging for Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Nontraumatic Low Back Pain

Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC) guidelines recommend that in the absence of clinical indicators suggestive of serious underlying pathology, physicians should not order radiological imaging for patients presenting with nonspecific low back pain (LBP).

Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - January 26, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Linor Berezin, Cameron Thompson, Vanessa Rojas-Luengas, Bjug Borgundvaag, Shelley L. McLeod Tags: Selected Topics: Emergency Radiology Source Type: research