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Table 2 Severe influenza complications

From: Influenza virus-related critical illness: pathophysiology and epidemiology

Severe influenza complications

Influenza pneumonia

Secondary bacterial pneumonia

ARDS

Influenza sepsis

Secondary bacterial sepsis

Myositis and rhabdomyolysis

Acute myocarditis

Acute pericarditis

Acute encephalitis

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Transverse myelitis

Aseptic meningitis

Guillain-Barre syndrome