Lack of evidence to support routine digital rectal examination in pediatric trauma patients

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 537-543

  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

Digital rectal examination; Pediatric trauma; Sensitivity; Specificity; Test characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS FRACTURE; RECTUM INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PELVIC BONES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URETHRA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548356944     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318128f836     Document Type: Article

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