What does PR stand for?

Per Rectum (method of medication)

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Patent Rules Path Restorable Pathogenesis-Related (proteins) Patrick Roy (former hockey goalie) Pattern Recognition Pax Romana (Latin: Roman Peace) Payroll Peer Review Peoples' Republic Per Rectal (examination of a patient)		Percentile Rank Performance Rating (processors) Performance Review(s) Performance Run (fitness) Periodic Reinvestigation Periodogram Roughness (economics) Permanent Resident Pershing Rifles (honorary military fraternity founded in 1894 by General John J. Pershing) Personal Radio Personal Recognizance (bond/bail)

Samples in periodicals archive:

[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The patient was sedated and laid left side down in a left decubitus position, and the catheter was introduced per rectum with the aid of lubricating gel and a guiding finger.

Transcolonic pelvic abscess drainage

We were able to give her antibiotics--her temperature was off the thermometer--and we were able to semicontrol the seizures with Valium pills per rectum, which is the only possible medication we had.

Physicians share the rewards of volunteering

Case Report A 51-year-old JW female with a history of pandiverticulosis came to our emergency department after 10 episodes of bright red blood per rectum over a period of 4 days.

Successful use of a polymerized hemoglobin blood substitute in a ...