Prevalence of and screening for serious
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Nicholas Henschke; Christopher G. Maher; Kathryn M. Refshauge; Robert D. Herbert
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Objective To determine the prevalence of serious pathology in patients presenting to primary care settings with acute low back pain, and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of recommended βred flagβ screening questions. ## Methods An inception cohort of 1,172 consecutive patients