Ebola: Examination

A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:

• General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body temperature, body weight, body height; further:
  • Inspection (viewing).
    • Skin, mucous membranes and sclerae (white part of the eye) [exanthema (rash) – usually petechial (punctate skin bleeding), possibly ecchymosis (small area skin bleeding), etc.].
    • Abdomen (abdomen)
      • Shape of the abdomen?
      • Skin color? Skin texture?
      • Efflorescences (skin changes)?
      • Pulsations? Bowel movements?
      • Visible vessels?
      • Scars? Hernias (fractures)?
  • Auscultation (listening) of the heart.
  • Auscultation of the lungs
  • Palpation (palpation) of the abdomen (abdomen) (tenderness?, knocking pain?, coughing pain?, defensive tension?, hernial orifices?, kidney bearing knocking pain?)

Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.