Ebola physical examination

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Physical Examination

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

• Epistaxis

Throat

• Mucosal redness of the oral cavity
• Bleeding gums

Respiratory

• Tachypnea
• Hiccups

Skin

• Macopapular rash associated with erythema and desquamate
• Petechiae
• Ecchymoses
• Mucosal hemorrhages

Abdomen

• Abdominal tenderness

Neurologic

• Obtunded