"Multiple Organ Failure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A progressive condition usually characterized by combined failure of several organs such as the lungs, liver, kidney, along with some clotting mechanisms, usually postinjury or postoperative.
| Descriptor ID |
D009102
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.835.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Multiple Organ Failure- Multiple Organ Failure
- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
- Organ Failure, Multiple
- Failure, Multiple Organ
- Multiple Organ Failures
- MODS
- Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Multiple
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Multiple Organ Failure" by people in Profiles.
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Core Outcome Measures for Trials in People With Coronavirus Disease 2019: Respiratory Failure, Multiorgan Failure, Shortness of Breath, and Recovery. Crit Care Med. 2021 03 01; 49(3):503-516.
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Pneumonia as a systemic illness. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2018 05; 24(3):237-243.
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Endothelial adhesion molecules and multiple organ failure in patients with severe sepsis. Cytokine. 2016 12; 88:267-273.
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Intensive care unit morbidity and mortality from eclampsia: an evaluation of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score and the Glasgow Coma Scale score. Crit Care Med. 2000 Jan; 28(1):120-4.