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==Physical Examination<ref name="pmid9988156">{{cite journal| author=Ndambi R, Akamituna P, Bonnet MJ, Tukadila AM, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Colebunders R| title=Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of the Ebola virus epidemic in Mosango, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. | journal=J Infect Dis | year= 1999 | volume= 179 Suppl 1 | issue= | pages= S8-10 | pmid=9988156 | doi=10.1086/514297 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9988156 }} </ref><ref name="pmid9988155">{{cite journal| author=Bwaka MA, Bonnet MJ, Calain P, Colebunders R, De Roo A, Guimard Y et al.| title=Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: clinical observations in 103 patients. | journal=J Infect Dis | year= 1999 | volume= 179 Suppl 1 | issue= | pages= S1-7 | pmid=9988155 | doi=10.1086/514308 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9988155 }} </ref><ref name="pmid21084112">{{cite journal| author=Feldmann H, Geisbert TW| title=Ebola haemorrhagic fever. | journal=Lancet | year= 2011 | volume= 377 | issue= 9768 | pages= 849-62 | pmid=21084112 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60667-8 | pmc=PMC3406178 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21084112 }} </ref>== | ==Physical Examination<ref name="pmid9988156">{{cite journal| author=Ndambi R, Akamituna P, Bonnet MJ, Tukadila AM, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Colebunders R| title=Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of the Ebola virus epidemic in Mosango, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. | journal=J Infect Dis | year= 1999 | volume= 179 Suppl 1 | issue= | pages= S8-10 | pmid=9988156 | doi=10.1086/514297 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9988156 }} </ref><ref name="pmid9988155">{{cite journal| author=Bwaka MA, Bonnet MJ, Calain P, Colebunders R, De Roo A, Guimard Y et al.| title=Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: clinical observations in 103 patients. | journal=J Infect Dis | year= 1999 | volume= 179 Suppl 1 | issue= | pages= S1-7 | pmid=9988155 | doi=10.1086/514308 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9988155 }} </ref><ref name="pmid21084112">{{cite journal| author=Feldmann H, Geisbert TW| title=Ebola haemorrhagic fever. | journal=Lancet | year= 2011 | volume= 377 | issue= 9768 | pages= 849-62 | pmid=21084112 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60667-8 | pmc=PMC3406178 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21084112 }} </ref>== | ||
===Vital Signs=== | ===Vital Signs=== |
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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
- Tachypnea (has shown to be the most significant criteria discriminating fatal and nonfatal outcomes)
- Hiccups
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.