red flag symptoms for back pain

Question 1

any sort of back pain in..

Answer 1

younger patients i.e. those under 20 as children more susceptible to infection and adolescents at peak age for spondylolisthesis and primary bone tumours

Question 2

any sort of clinical suspicion of…

Answer 2

cauda equina syndrome

Question 3

new back pain in…

Answer 3

over 60 year old as they are at higher risk of metastatic malignant cancers

Question 4

any sort of..

Answer 4

systemic upset i.e. weight loss, fevers, night sweats, malaise as this may suggest infection or metastatic malignant cancer