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Descriptor English: Digital Rectal Examination
Descriptor Spanish: Tacto Rectal
Descriptor tacto rectal
Scope note: Exploración física mediante la cual un sanitario cualificado introduce en el RECTO un dedo provisto de dedil lubricado, al tiempo que con la otra mano presiona la parte inferior del ABDOMEN o área pélvica, con el fin de palpar posibles anomalías en la zona baja del recto o en los órganos y órganos vecinos. Este método se suele utilizar para la exploración de la zona distal del recto, la PRÓSATA en el varón, y el ÚTERO y los OVARIOS en la mujer.
Descriptor Portuguese: Exame Retal Digital
Descriptor French: Toucher rectal
Entry term(s): Digital Rectal Examinations
Examination, Digital Rectal
Examinations, Digital Rectal
Palpation, Rectal
Palpations, Rectal
Rectal Examination, Digital
Rectal Examinations, Digital
Rectal Palpation
Rectal Palpations
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.600.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D051517
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Palpation (1965-2005)
Rectum (1965-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 51215
Unique ID: D051517
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Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2005/07/27
Digital Rectal Examination - Preferred
Concept UI M0480853
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Digital Rectal Examination
Entry term(s) Digital Rectal Examinations
Examination, Digital Rectal
Examinations, Digital Rectal
Palpation, Rectal
Palpations, Rectal
Rectal Examination, Digital
Rectal Examinations, Digital
Rectal Palpation
Rectal Palpations



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