Multiple Organ Dysfunction During Resuscitation Is Not Postinjury Multiple Organ Failure

Multiple organ dysfunction during resuscitation is not postinjury multiple organ failure.

HYPOTHESIS Multiple organ dysfunction (MOD) within 48 hours of injury is a reversible physiologic response to tissue injury and resuscitation. DESIGN A prospective 10-year inception cohort study ending September 2003. SETTING Regional academic level I trauma center. PATIENTS One thousand two hundred seventy-seven consecutive trauma patients at risk for postinjury multiple organ failure (M...

Multiple organ failure during primary HIV infection.

The appearance of primary HIV infection ranges from an asymptomatic presentation to a symptomatic illness resembling infectious mononucleosis. Severe unusual presentations include acute myopericarditis, renal failure, and opportunistic infections such as esophageal candidiasis, cytomegalovirus infection, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. We report a case of multiple organ failure during pri...

Nutrition and Multiple Organ Failure

A 12-year prospective study of postinjury multiple organ failure: has anything changed?

HYPOTHESIS The incidence and severity of postinjury multiple organ failure (MOF) has decreased over the last decade. DESIGN A prospective 12-year inception cohort study ending December 31, 2003. SETTING Regional academic level I trauma center. PATIENTS One thousand three hundred forty-four trauma patients at risk for postinjury MOF. Inclusion criteria were aged older than 15 years, admiss...

The Relationship between Plasma Levels of Interleukin-6, Multiple Organ Dysfunction and Mortality in Orthopedic Patients

Background: Interleukin 6 (IL-6) functions as both a pro-inflammatory cytokine and an anti-inflammatory cytokine. Objective: To evaluate the levels of IL-6 in patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Methods: Level of IL-6 was assessed and recorded for 14 days subsequent to the injury in 161 multiple trauma patients. MODS were diagnosed using Marshal Score. Injury Severity Scor...