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. 2016 Dec 20;3(4):ofw214.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw214. eCollection 2016 Oct.

H1N1-Induced Venous Thromboembolic Events? Results of a Single-Institution Case Series

Evangelos Dimakakos  1 , Dimitra Grapsa  1 , Ioannis Vathiotis  1 , Aggeliki Papaspiliou  2 , Meropi Panagiotarakou  3 , Emmanouil Manolis  4 , Konstantinos Syrigos  1
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H1N1-Induced Venous Thromboembolic Events? Results of a Single-Institution Case Series

Evangelos Dimakakos et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We describe the clinical and imaging characteristics of 7 cases with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed novel influenza A H1N1 virus (pH1N1) infection who developed venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) while being hospitalized for influenza pneumonia. Pulmonary embolism (PE) without deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was observed in 6 of 7 cases (85.7%); PE with underlying DVT was found in 1 patient (14.3%).

Keywords: deep vein thrombosis; influenza; pH1N1; pulmonary embolism; venous thromboembolic events.

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