How should multiple organ dysfunction syndrome be assessed? A review of the variations in current scoring systems

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 405-410

  Bertleff, Mariëtta J O E ^a   Bruining, Hajo A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intensive care medicine; Organ dysfunction; Organ function tests; Sepsis; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FUNCTION TEST; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS;

HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031011116     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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