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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Digital Rectal Examination" by people in Profiles.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria? Prostate Cancer-Pretreatment Detection, Surveillance, and?Staging. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017 May; 14(5S):S245-S257.
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Diagnostic approach to constipation impacts pediatric emergency department disposition. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Oct; 35(10):1490-1493.
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Re: Cui T, Kovell RC, Terlecki RP. Is it time to abandon the digital rectal examination? Lessons from the PLCO Cancer Screening Trial and peer-reviewed literature. Curr Med Res Opin 2016;32:1-7. Curr Med Res Opin. 2017 02; 33(2):315-316.
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Prostate Health Index improves multivariable risk prediction of aggressive prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2017 07; 120(1):61-68.
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Prognostic Significance of Digital Rectal Examination and Prostate Specific Antigen in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Arm. J Urol. 2017 02; 197(2):363-368.
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Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial risk calculator 2.0 for the prediction of low- vs high-grade prostate cancer. Urology. 2014 Jun; 83(6):1362-7.
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The impact of prostate volume, number of biopsy cores and American Urological Association symptom score on the sensitivity of cancer detection using the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial risk calculator. J Urol. 2013 Jul; 190(1):70-6.
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The dilemma of prostate-specific antigen testing. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Jun 11; 172(11):835-6.
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The use of the finasteride-adjusted Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator in a Mexican referral population: a validation study. Urol Int. 2012; 89(1):9-16.
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Evaluating the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial High Grade Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator in 10 international biopsy cohorts: results from the Prostate Biopsy Collaborative Group. World J Urol. 2014 Feb; 32(1):185-91.