RT Book, Section
A1 Wang, Binbin
A1 Kwo, Jean
A1 Hellman, Judith
A2 Longnecker, David E.
A2 Brown, David L.
A2 Newman, Mark F.
A2 Zapol, Warren M.
SR Print(0)
ID 56651870
T1 Chapter 74. Evaluation of the Patient with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
T2 Anesthesiology, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178513-6
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56651870
RD 2024/04/20
AB Multiple  organ  dysfunction  syndrome  (MODS)  is  common  in  critically  ill  patients  and  associated  with  a  high  mortality  rate.There  are  many  underlying  etiologies  of  MODS.  In  the  overall  intensive  care  unit  (ICU)  population,  sepsis  is  the  most  common  cause  of  MODS.MODS  is  characterized  by  dysfunction  of  2  or  more  organs  or  systems.Inflammation  and  microvascular  abnormalities  are  involved  in  the  development  of  MODS.Therapies  for  MODS  should  target  the  underlying  cause,  supporting  the  patient  and  correcting  the  physiologic  and  metabolic  derangements  caused  by  dysfunction  of  the  organs  and  systems.Patients  with  MODS  often  require  surgery  and  other  invasive  procedures.Whenever  possible,  optimize  MODS  patients  preoperatively.Methods  of  optimization  are  dictated  by  the  affected  organs  and  the  severity  of  physiologic  and  metabolic  derangements.