{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(24)"],"submitter":["Andreoletti F"],"pubmed_abstract":["To investigate the most common physical examination tests (PET) for the screening for referral of patients with back or chest pain caused by serious pathology. A systematic review was conducted. Searches were performed on seven electronic databases between June 2020 and December 2021. Only studies evaluating patients with back and/or chest pain with clear reporting of PETs and prompt patient referrals were included. 316 full texts were included, and these studies had a total of 474/492 patients affected by a serious disease. Only 26 studies of them described suspicion of serious disease due to at least one positive PET. Cardiac/pulmonary auscultation and heartbeats/blood pressure measurements were the most frequently reported tests. None of the reported studies included physiotherapists an"],"journal":["International journal of environmental research and public health"],"pagination":["16418"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9779291"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Screening for Referral of Serious Pathology by Physical Examination Tests in Patients with Back or Chest Pain: A Systematic Review."],"pmcid":["PMC9779291"],"pubmed_authors":["Storari L","Testa M","Turolla A","Andreoletti F","Maselli F","Vongher A","Erbesato M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Screening for Referral of Serious Pathology by Physical Examination Tests in Patients with Back or Chest Pain: A Systematic Review.","description":"To investigate the most common physical examination tests (PET) for the screening for referral of patients with back or chest pain caused by serious pathology. A systematic review was conducted. Searches were performed on seven electronic databases between June 2020 and December 2021. Only studies evaluating patients with back and/or chest pain with clear reporting of PETs and prompt patient referrals were included. 316 full texts were included, and these studies had a total of 474/492 patients affected by a serious disease. Only 26 studies of them described suspicion of serious disease due to at least one positive PET. Cardiac/pulmonary auscultation and heartbeats/blood pressure measurements were the most frequently reported tests. None of the reported studies included physiotherapists an","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2025-04-18T17:13:26.674Z","creation":"2025-04-07T04:46:15.615Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9779291","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36554298"],"doi":["10.3390/ijerph192416418"]}}