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Digital rectal examination for initial assessment of the multi-injured patient: Can we depend on it?

BACKGROUND: Digital rectal examination (DRE) is part of the assessment of trauma patients as recommended by ATLS(®). The theory behind is to aid early diagnosis of potential lower intestinal, urethral and spinal cord injuries. Previous studies suggest that test characteristics of DRE are far from re...

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Autores principales: Ahl, Rebecka, Riddez, Louis, Mohseni, Shahin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27489624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2016.07.006