Utility of the digital rectal examination in the emergency department: A review

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1196-1204

  Kessler, Chad ^a,b   Bauer, Stephen J ^b  

^a JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

digital rectal; Emergency Department; evidence based medicine; review; utility

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANAL TONE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84870433197     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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