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Digital Rectal Examination
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Definition of 'Digital Rectal Examination'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. Common names: 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 |
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
30 Jul 2009 
OBJECTIVE: To compare agreement between 2 pregnancy tests in dairy cattle. DESIGN: Evaluation study. ANIMALS: 976 and 507 cattle for phases 1 and 2, respectively. PROCEDURES: Blood samples were collected, and palpation per rectum (PPR) was performed ... Read more...
Multicenter evaluation of an investigational prostate cancer methylation assay.
19 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: Prostate specific antigen tests have low specificity, which frequently results in unnecessary biopsy and typically limits screening to patients with prostate specific antigen greater than 4.0 ng/ml. We evaluated an investigational prostate ... Read more...
Screening for prostate cancer.
27 Jun 2009 
In the United States, prostate cancer will affect 1 man in 6 during his lifetime. Since the mid-1980s, screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test has more than doubled the risk of a prostate cancer diagnosis. A decrease in ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Digital Rectal Examination'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Comparison of pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle by use of a commercial ELISA and palpation per rectum. 30 Jul 2009
- Multicenter evaluation of an investigational prostate cancer methylation assay. 19 Jul 2009
- Prostate-cancer screening.
7 Jul 2009 - Prostate-cancer screening. 7 Jul 2009
- Screening for prostate cancer. 27 Jun 2009
- [How to do the rectal exam] 2 Jun 2009
- Rectal cancer. 30 May 2009
- The chances of subsequent cancer detection in patients with a PSA > 20 ng/ml and an initial negative biopsy. 18 May 2009
- Do changes in a high serum prostate-specific antigen level and the free/total prostate-specific antigen ratio after antibiotic treatment rule out biopsy and the suspicion of cancer? 9 May 2009
- Comparison of 6- and 12-core prostate biopsy in Taiwanese men: impact of total prostate-specific antigen, prostate-specific antigen density and prostate volume on prostate cancer detection. 9 May 2009
- [Constipation--established and new diagnostic approaches] 13 Apr 2009
- The Japanese guideline for prostate cancer screening. 2 Apr 2009
- Patterns in prostate-specific antigen test use and digital rectal examinations in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002-2006. 30 Mar 2009
- Lost in translation: unfolding medical students' misconceptions of how to perform a clinical digital rectal examination. 30 Mar 2009
- Population based prostate cancer screening in north Mexico reveals a high prevalence of aggressive tumors in detected cases. 22 Mar 2009
- Screening and prostate-cancer mortality in a randomized European study. 16 Mar 2009
- Mortality results from a randomized prostate-cancer screening trial. 16 Mar 2009
- Screening for prostate cancer--the controversy that refuses to die. 16 Mar 2009
- Yearly prostate specific antigen and digital rectal examination fluctuations in a screened population. 12 Mar 2009
- The relationship between total and free serum testosterone and the risk of prostate cancer and tumour aggressiveness. 8 Feb 2009
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Technical information about 'Digital Rectal Examination'
Definition: 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 UI: D051517
Alternative terms: 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;
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;
Tree Number: E01.370.600.600.500;
History Note: 2006