Multiple organ failure in septic patients

Multiple organ failure in septic patients.

Multiple organ failure (MOF) is the main cause of death in ICUs, especially affecting septic patients. It is strongly related to number of systems with failure, type of system involved, risk factors such as age, previous chronic diseases, delayed or inadequate resuscitation, persistent infection, immune suppression, and others. The prognoses is worse for patients rather than in elective or emer...

Pediatric septic shock and multiple organ failure.

In the last 5 years, the understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of pediatric sepsis, septic shock, and multiple organ failure has expanded greatly. There has also been a substantial increase in the number of successful randomized trials in which success has been measured as reduction in mortality in adults, children, and newborns. This article discusses these advances, updating the ...

Mortality rates in pediatric septic shock with and without multiple organ system failure.

OBJECTIVES To determine the current mortality rates for pediatric patients with septic shock and the frequency and outcome of associated multiple organ system failure. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Multidisciplinary pediatric intensive care unit. PATIENTS Children age 1 month to 21 yrs admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit from January 1, 1998, to December 31, 1999, w...

Multiple Organ Failure in Elderly Patients with Chronic Diseases

Multiple organ failure (MOFE) in elderly patients is a new clinical syndrome different from multiple organ failure (MOF) caused by surgical conditions in the young and middle-aged persons. One thousand and two cases of MOFE were analyzed retrospectively and their clinical features discussed. MOFE has a long insidious course. Its main predisposing factors are pulmonary infection, heart attack, e...

Nutrition and Multiple Organ Failure