Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care

Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care

Abstract Diagnosing and treating low back pain (LBP) is a worldwide major primary care challenge in which a differential diagnosis between non-specific LBP and conditions with a known pathology is essential for choosing the optimal treatment strategy. The time required for the diagnosis of a conditi...

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Main Authors: A. Riis, J. L. Olesen, J. L. Thomsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
Subjects:
Early diagnosis
Spondylitis Ankylosing
Low Back pain
Primary health care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-020-01161-6
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spelling doaj-d97d33a659bd4374837332364d2306092020-11-25T02:06:06ZengBMCBMC Family Practice1471-22962020-05-012111310.1186/s12875-020-01161-6Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary careA. Riis0J. L. Olesen1J. L. Thomsen2Center for General Practice at Aalborg UniversityCenter for General Practice at Aalborg UniversityCenter for General Practice at Aalborg UniversityAbstract Diagnosing and treating low back pain (LBP) is a worldwide major primary care challenge in which a differential diagnosis between non-specific LBP and conditions with a known pathology is essential for choosing the optimal treatment strategy. The time required for the diagnosis of a condition such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was previously found too long. However, a recently published paper by Bashir et al. found that distinct episodes of axial pain separated by more than 6 months seem more predictive than currently applied characteristics in reaching an early diagnosis of AS.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-020-01161-6Early diagnosisSpondylitis AnkylosingLow Back painPrimary health care
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author A. Riis
J. L. Olesen
J. L. Thomsen
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J. L. Olesen
J. L. Thomsen
Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care
BMC Family Practice
Early diagnosis
Spondylitis Ankylosing
Low Back pain
Primary health care
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J. L. Olesen
J. L. Thomsen
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title Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care
title_short Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care
title_full Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care
title_fullStr Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care
title_full_unstemmed Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care
title_sort early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care
publisher BMC
series BMC Family Practice
issn 1471-2296
publishDate 2020-05-01
description Abstract Diagnosing and treating low back pain (LBP) is a worldwide major primary care challenge in which a differential diagnosis between non-specific LBP and conditions with a known pathology is essential for choosing the optimal treatment strategy. The time required for the diagnosis of a condition such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was previously found too long. However, a recently published paper by Bashir et al. found that distinct episodes of axial pain separated by more than 6 months seem more predictive than currently applied characteristics in reaching an early diagnosis of AS.
topic Early diagnosis
Spondylitis Ankylosing
Low Back pain
Primary health care
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-020-01161-6
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