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

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

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)537-543
Number of pages7
JournalPediatric Emergency Care
Volume23
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Emergency Medicine

Keywords

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

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