An Otago University Graduate, Sarah has worked at Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin and Southland Hospitals. She has her FRACP in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology but currently focuses on her main passion: Rheumatology.
She splits her time between Dunedin and Southland hospitals and her private practice at Mercy Care East ( Marinoto Clinic). She is a Clinical Lecturer for Otago University.
| Inflammatory Back Pain – Diagnosis and Assesment
Abbvie Breakfast Session |
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| Saturday, 16 August 2014 | Start 7:00am | Duration: 60mins | Plenary |
| The diagnosis of Ankylosing spondylitis is often delayed – on average by 7 years. As symptoms often occur in young people(mid 20s), it is important to recognize symptoms and signs early, to prevent future disability and long term loss of productivity. The challenge to primary care physicians, is to differentiate mechanical back pain (common) from inflammatory back pain ( relatively rare) – this is not always easy particularly when Xrays and blood tests are normal. During this presentation, inflammatory back pain will be discussed, the entity of non-radiographic spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) will be introduced and guidelines for referral outlined. | |||