title: Should the digital rectal examination be a part of the trauma secondary survey?
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. abigail.hankin@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Abigail D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hankin
authors.forename: Jill M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Baren
mesh_terms: D051517:Digital Rectal Examination; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000293:injuries*; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014521:Urethra / Q000293:injuries*