Deferral of the rectal examination in blunt trauma patients: A clinical decision rule

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-641

  Guldner, Gregory ^a,c   Babbitt, Jonathan ^b   Boulton, Mike ^b   O'Callaghan, Thomas ^a   Feleke, Rehema ^b   Hargrove, Jenny ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple trauma; Nonpenetrating; Physical examination; Rectum; Spinal cord injuries; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TEAMWORK; URETHRA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2942532954     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.12.020     Document Type: Article

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