Digital Rectal Examination
"Digital Rectal Examination" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A physical examination in which the qualified health care worker inserts a lubricated, gloved finger of one hand into the RECTUM and may use the other hand to press on the lower ABDOMEN or pelvic area to palpate for abnormalities in the lower rectum, and nearby organs or tissues. The method is commonly used to check the lower rectum, the PROSTATE gland in men, and the UTERUS and OVARIES in women.
| Descriptor ID |
D051517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.600.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Digital Rectal Examination- Digital Rectal Examination
- Digital Rectal Examinations
- Examination, Digital Rectal
- Examinations, Digital Rectal
- Rectal Examination, Digital
- Rectal Examinations, Digital
- Rectal Palpation
- Palpation, Rectal
- Palpations, Rectal
- Rectal Palpations
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Digital Rectal Examination" by people in Profiles.
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Diabetes mellitus and prostate cancer risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Cancer Causes Control. 2008 Dec; 19(10):1267-76.
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Population-based case-control study of PSA and DRE screening on prostate cancer mortality. Urology. 2007 Nov; 70(5):936-41.