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==Physical Examination==
==Physical Examination==
===Appearance of the Patient===
About 95% of patients with an healthy [[immune system]] are asymptomatic and have a normal physical examination.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = Poliomyelitis | url = http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/polio.html }}</ref>
About 95% of patients with an healthy [[immune system]] are asymptomatic and have a normal physical examination.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = Poliomyelitis | url = http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/polio.html }}</ref>
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===Appearance of the Patient===
*This section should give a general description of what a patient with the disease you are describing may look like. You may include a physical description such as obese, thin, cachectic, well appearing, ill appearing, diaphoretic etc.
* For an example of the appearance of a patient section in the physical examination page, click [[Encephalopathy physical examination#Appearance of the Patient|here]].


===Vitals===
===Vitals===
====Temperature====
====Temperature====
*A [[fever]] is often present
*A [[fever]] is often present
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====Pulse====
====Pulse====

Revision as of 01:52, 3 September 2014

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

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About 95% of patients with an healthy immune system are asymptomatic and have a normal physical examination.[1]

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  1. "Poliomyelitis".

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