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Liverpool Hospital Experience ALBP Management Pathway introduced as Policy March 2017
Pathway for ALBP/Acute on CLBP patients admitted to ED
Developed by Rheumatology, Acute Medicine/MAU and Physiotherapy Departments in consultation with Neurosurgery, Geriatrics/ASET and Radiation Oncology
ED Process Multiple diagnosis/triage codes for LBP
Initially screened by ED MO
All ANSLBP/acute on chronic LBP should be referred to physiotherapist during hours (0800‐1800)
Pathway of admission to specific teams if one or more red flags and in accordance with working diagnosis
ED Timeliness Patients often coming in at crisis point
Ideally seen and managed in community with simple analgesia
Pathway Line 1: paracetamolLine 2: NSAIDsLine 3: opioids
Imaging not indicated unless red flags present
Options from ED No red flags/patient can mobilise – d/c home with education and short duration appropriate analgesia with physio review prior to d/c if possible
Unable to mobilise ESSU (if expected d/c within 24 hours) Rheumatology (if referred within business hours) Acute Medicine/MAU (outside business hours)
Discharge Follow up with GP +/‐ Physiotherapist within 2 weeks
If prescribed opioid analgesia – for medical review within 5 days of discharge
Ongoing referrals Physiotherapy outpatients if appropriate
Pain Clinic
Back to GP (+/‐ neurosurgery)
Issues relevant to ED Ongoing ED medical management – rotating staff, jnrvs senior
Appropriate education and time spent with patient
Issues relevant to SWSLHD SWSLHD one of the most multicultural health districts in
Australia, and growing (Arabic, Vietnamese, Persian, Chinese)
Start back/Orebro: Not validated in other languages – can’t then identify change or response to change
High number of refugees/asylum seekers – poor literacy (tools for both Ax and education not useful)
Culturally – more likely to present to ED rather than GP
Cultural expectation if from biomedical models of treatment
No pathways to shortcut to Pain Clinic
Audit Tool Brief trial during development
ED specific issues PROMIS‐29 difficult to administer with ED time pressures
Risk stratification tools not routinely done in ED
User friendly, quick
From here... Rapid Assessment Physiotherapy Study in conjunction with UWS
Patients presenting to ED with ALBP/Acute on Chronic LBP
Following LBP MoC – 72 hour follow up, 2 weeks, 6 weeks +/‐ 12 weeks
Hands off approach – assessment and education
GP coordinating care and referrals as needed