Back pain is extremely common, but these red flag symptoms help identify serious causes of back pain that require further investigation, using the mnemonic TUNA FISH.

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Video Timestamps:
0:00 Sinister Causes of Back Pain
0:48 TUNA FISH

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1. https://www.rcemlearning.co.uk/foamed/silver-trauma/
2. https://www.rcemlearning.co.uk/reference/lower-back-pain/
3. https://radiopaedia.org/articles/red-flags-of-low-back-pain-mnemonic
4. https://gpnotebook.com/simplepage.cfm?ID=x20201229132328621058
5. https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/back-pain-low-without-radiculopathy/diagnosis/assessment/

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