title: Infections and inflammatory diseases as risk factors for venous thrombosis. A systematic review.
abstract: Inflammation and venous thrombosis are intertwined. Only in the recent 15 years clinical epidemiological studies have focussed on inflammatory or infectious diseases as risk factors for venous thrombosis. Although a few reviews and many case reports or studies on these topic has been written, a review reporting relative or absolute risks for venous thrombosis has not been published yet. We performed a systematic review using Medline, Pubmed and Embase and found 31 eligible articles. Inflammatory bowel disease, ANCA-associated vasculitis, infections in general and more specifically, human immunodeficiency virus, pneumonia and urinary tract infections are associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. y.tichelaar@umcg.nl
authors.forename: Y I G Vladimir
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Tichelaar
authors.forename: Hanneke J C
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kluin-Nelemans
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meijer
mesh_terms: D001777:Blood Coagulation; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators