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Physical Examination[1][2][3]
Vital Signs
- Fever
- Tachycardia
- Tachypneic: Many fatal cases presented with tachypnea and no survivors had tachypnea
- Hypotension (less than 90 mm Hg systolic /60 mm Hg diastolic)
HEENT
Eyes
- Conjuntival injection
Nose
Throat
- Mucosal redness of the oral cavity
- Bleeding gums
Respiratory
Abdomen
Genitourinary
Skin
- Macopapular rash associated with erythema and desquamate on the trunk
- Petechiae
- Ecchymoses
- Mucosal hemorrhages
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Ecchymoses
Vascular
- * Postural hypotension
- Edema
Neurologic
- Obtunded
References
- ↑ Ndambi R, Akamituna P, Bonnet MJ, Tukadila AM, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Colebunders R (1999). "Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of the Ebola virus epidemic in Mosango, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995". J Infect Dis. 179 Suppl 1: S8–10. doi:10.1086/514297. PMID 9988156.
- ↑ Bwaka MA, Bonnet MJ, Calain P, Colebunders R, De Roo A, Guimard Y; et al. (1999). "Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: clinical observations in 103 patients". J Infect Dis. 179 Suppl 1: S1–7. doi:10.1086/514308. PMID 9988155.
- ↑ Feldmann H, Geisbert TW (2011). "Ebola haemorrhagic fever". Lancet. 377 (9768): 849–62. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60667-8. PMC 3406178. PMID 21084112.