PulmCrit- The gag reflex shouldn’t be tested in living patients

As a medical student I rotated through an elite hospital where it was believed that every patient admitted to the medicine service needed a rectal exam.  The rationale was to avoid ever missing a case of rectal or prostate cancer.  Eventually, the utility of digital rectal examination as a cancer-screening tool was debunked.  Thankfully, this practice has fallen out of favor.

EMCrit by Josh Farkas.

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