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==Overview==
==Overview==
Patients with hantavirus infection usually exhibit prostration. Physical examination of patients with hantavirus infection is remarkable for abdominal discomfort, fever, skin petechia, low blood pressure and abnormal cardiopulmonary examination.<ref name="pmid28120221">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jiang H, Zheng X, Wang L, Du H, Wang P, Bai X |title=Hantavirus infection: a global zoonotic challenge |journal=Virol Sin |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=32–43 |year=2017 |pmid=28120221 |doi=10.1007/s12250-016-3899-x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26461998">{{cite journal |vauthors=Imazio M, Gaita F, LeWinter M |title=Evaluation and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Systematic Review |journal=JAMA |volume=314 |issue=14 |pages=1498–506 |year=2015 |pmid=26461998 |doi=10.1001/jama.2015.12763 |url=}}</ref>
Patients with hantavirus infection usually exhibit prostration. Physical examination of patients with hantavirus infection is remarkable for [[abdominal discomfort]], [[fever]], skin [[petechia]], [[low blood pressure]] and abnormal [[cardiopulmonary]] examination.<ref name="pmid28120221">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jiang H, Zheng X, Wang L, Du H, Wang P, Bai X |title=Hantavirus infection: a global zoonotic challenge |journal=Virol Sin |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=32–43 |year=2017 |pmid=28120221 |doi=10.1007/s12250-016-3899-x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26461998">{{cite journal |vauthors=Imazio M, Gaita F, LeWinter M |title=Evaluation and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Systematic Review |journal=JAMA |volume=314 |issue=14 |pages=1498–506 |year=2015 |pmid=26461998 |doi=10.1001/jama.2015.12763 |url=}}</ref>


==Physical Examination==
==Physical Examination==
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Patients with hantavirus usually exhibit prostration.  
Patients with hantavirus usually exhibit prostration.  
*The patient may be restless, fatigued, and irritable.
*The patient may be restless, fatigued, and irritable.
*In advanced cases, the patient may be confused or comatose.
*In advanced cases, the patient may be confused or [[comatose]].


===Vital signs===
===Vital signs===
Vital signs in patients with hantavirus are usually normal but may have:
Vital signs in patients with hantavirus are usually normal but may have:
*Fever
*[[Fever]]
*Low blood pressure
*[[Low blood pressure]]


===Skin===
===Skin===
The patient may have:
The patient may have:
*Petechiae
*[[Petechiae]]
*Skin pallor
*Skin pallor
===Abdomen===
The Patient may have:
*[[Abdominal discomfort]]
===HEENT===
===HEENT===
The patient may have:
The patient may have:
*Myopia
*[[Myopia]]
*Inflammatory symptoms of eye ([[erythema]], [[edema]], and [[pain]])


===Cardiopulmonary===
===Cardiopulmonary===
The patient may have these findings in the myopericarditis:
The patient may have these findings in the myopericarditis:
*Pericardial friction rub
*[[Pericardial friction rub]]
*S3 gallop,
*[[S3 gallop]]
*Elevated jugular venous pressure
*Elevated [[jugular venous pressure]]
*Lower limb edema
*Lower limb [[edema]]
*Pulmonary rales and rhonchi
*Pulmonary [[rales]] and [[rhonchi]]
 
===Abdomen===
The Patient may have:
*[[Abdominal discomfort]]  
 


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Patients with hantavirus infection usually exhibit prostration. Physical examination of patients with hantavirus infection is remarkable for abdominal discomfort, fever, skin petechia, low blood pressure and abnormal cardiopulmonary examination.[1][2]

Physical Examination

Appearance of the patient

Patients with hantavirus usually exhibit prostration.

  • The patient may be restless, fatigued, and irritable.
  • In advanced cases, the patient may be confused or comatose.

Vital signs

Vital signs in patients with hantavirus are usually normal but may have:

Skin

The patient may have:

Abdomen

The Patient may have:

HEENT

The patient may have:

Cardiopulmonary

The patient may have these findings in the myopericarditis:

References

  1. Jiang H, Zheng X, Wang L, Du H, Wang P, Bai X (2017). "Hantavirus infection: a global zoonotic challenge". Virol Sin. 32 (1): 32–43. doi:10.1007/s12250-016-3899-x. PMID 28120221.
  2. Imazio M, Gaita F, LeWinter M (2015). "Evaluation and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Systematic Review". JAMA. 314 (14): 1498–506. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.12763. PMID 26461998.

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