Poor Test Characteristics for the Digital Rectal Examination in Trauma Patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Shlamovitz, Gil Z ^a   Mower, William R ^a   Bergman, Jonathan ^a   Crisp, Jonathan ^a   DeVore, Heather K ^a   Hardy, David ^b   Sargent, Martine ^c   Shroff, Sunil D ^a   Snyder, Eric ^a   Morgan, Marshall T ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INJURY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA INJURY;

EID: 34250191782     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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