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Choosing Wisely is a health campaign which seeks to share health information with patients and health care providers.

This project shares information from the North American Spine Society on Wikipedia.

Articles of interest

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Articles relating to North American Spine Society content
article traffic in January 2013* sources cited change summary
North American Spine Society 35
Low back pain 67099 1 add osteoporosis as a red flag Other sources already cover this well, and the only information I found lacking was that Osteoporosis is a red flag for testing. I added the references to the list of red flags and clarified some language here.
Epidural steroid injection 1349 2 Elective spinal injections should be performed with imaging guidance
Bone morphogenetic protein 7504 3 Bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) should not be routinely used in any type of anterior cervical spine fusion
Spinal fusion 19567 3 Bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) should not be routinely used in any type of anterior cervical spine fusion
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion 6978 3 Bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) should not be routinely used in any type of anterior cervical spine fusion
Nerve conduction study 18937 4 evidence has not shown EMG or NCS to be helpful in diagnosing causes of axial lumbar pain, thoracic pain, or Cervical spine disorder cervical spine pain
Electromyography 51269 4 evidence has not shown EMG or NCS to be helpful in diagnosing causes of axial lumbar pain, thoracic pain, or Cervical spine disorder cervical spine pain
Bed rest 4987 5 As a treatment for low back pain, bed rest should not be used for more than 48 hours
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Recent changes

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References

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North American Spine Society (February 2013), "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question", Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, North American Spine Society, retrieved 25 March 2013, which cites

    • Chou, R.; Qaseem, A.; Snow, V.; Casey, D.; Cross Jr, J. T.; Shekelle, P.; Owens, D. K.; Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians; et al. (2007). "Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: A joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society". Annals of Internal Medicine. 147 (7): 478–491. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-7-200710020-00006. PMID 17909209.
    • Forseen, S. E.; Corey, A. S. (2012). "Clinical decision support and acute low back pain: Evidence-based order sets". Journal of the American College of Radiology. 9 (10): 704–712.e4. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2012.02.014. PMID 23025864.
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