Researchers Find New Patterns In H1N1 Deaths

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/174464.php

"Brazilian researchers have performed the first-ever autopsy study to examine the precise causes of death in victims of the H1N1 swine flu.

"The lack of information on the pathophysiology of this novel disease is a limitation that prevents better clinical management and hinders the development of a therapeutic strategy," said lead author, Thais Mauad, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of the Department of Pathology at São Paulo University, in Brazil.

The results of their study will be published in the January 1 issue of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

The researchers examined 21 patients who had died in São Paulo with confirmed H1N1 infection in July and August, 2009. Most were between the ages of 30 and 59. They found that three-quarters (76 percent) of the patients had underlying medical conditions such as heart disease or cancer, but there was no clear complicating medical condition in the remaining quarter. All presented a progressive and rapidly fatal form of the disease.


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Just an FYI. It's interesting to the likes of me, anyway.

[aquart]

1. Still skewing young.