作者
Ll Cabré, J Mancebo, JF Solsona, P Saura, I Gich, L Blanch, G Carrasco, MC Martin, Bioethics Working Group of the SEMICYUC
发表日期
2005/7
期刊
Intensive care medicine
卷号
31
页码范围
927-933
出版商
Springer-Verlag
简介
Objective
This study examined the incidence and mortality of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in intensive care units, evaluated the limitation of life support in these patients, and determined whether daily measurement of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) is useful for decision making.
Design and setting
Prospective, observational study in 79 intensive care units.
Patients and participants
Of the 7,615 patients admitted during a 2-month period we found 1,340 patients to have MODS.
Measurements and results
We recorded mortality and length of stay in the intensive care unit and the hospital and the maximum and minimum total SOFA scores during MODS. Limitation of life support in MODS patients was also evaluated. Stepwise logistic regression was used to …
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