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placenta being highly vascular tissue , digital exam will provoke profuse bleeding and patient may even go for shock...so any 3rd trimester bleeding go for USG first..(after stabilizing of course  ..)
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even rectal examination is contraindicated in placenta praevia
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Till some years ago double set up examination used to be performed in which patient would be taken to the operating room and a pelvic exam would be performed to ascertain the degree of placenta previa.With the widespread use of the ultrasound this is now obsolete.
One never performs a pv in case of p.previa lest one causes torrential haemorrhage.
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