35. A previously healthy 47-year-old nulliparous woman is brought to
the emergency department by ambulance because of acute low back pain
radiating to the right posterior leg for 2 hours. The pain began when
she bent over at work to retrieve a file from the lowest drawer of a
filing cabinet. She does not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol.
Examination shows right paraspinous muscle spasm and pain in the lower
back with right straight-leg raising at 30 degrees. She says that she plans
to file a claim for a work-related injury. Which of the following findings
is the strongest risk factor for a prolonged episode of pain in this patient?
A) Arrival for care in an ambulance
B) Claim that pain is work-related
C) Gender
D) Nulliparity
E) Positive straight-leg raising test
F) Radiation of the pain into the posterior lower extremity
What's the answer? Why?
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B
"She says that she plans to file a claim for a work-related injury"
Malingering.
weird woman everywhere. LOL!!!
