[Inter-hospital CHUV-HUG medical consensus of back pain management. Its application in care pathways within CHUV of Lausanne].
Back pain is a considerable economical burden in industrialised countries. Its management varies widely across countries, including Switzerland. Thus, the University Hospital and University of Lausanne (CHUV) recently improved intern processes of back pain care. In an already existing collaborative context, the two university hospitals in French-speaking Switzerland (CHUV, University Hospital of Geneva), felt the need of a medical consensus, based on a common concept. This inter-hospital consensus produced three decisional algorithms that bear on recent concepts of back pain found in literature. Eventually, a fast track was created at CHUV, to which extern physicians will have an organised and rapid access. This fast track aims to reduce chronic back pain conditions and provides specialised education for general practitioners-in-training.
Pierre
P
de Goumoens
Stéphane
S
Genevay
Enrico
E
Tessitore
Maroun
M
Zaarour
John Michael
JM
Duff
Antonio
A
Faundez
Constantin
C
Schizas
Maximilian
M
Schindler
Davide
D
Zoccatelli
Antonio
A
Foletti
Iohn
I
Norberg
Liliana
L
Belgrand
Anne-Claude
AC
Griesser
Gerit
G
Kulik
D000465:Algorithms; D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy; D032921:Consensus; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000193:education; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D013557:Switzerland; D013997:Time Factors