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multiple organ dysfunction syndrome [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Human Diseases - Various
DEF

The development of potentially reversible physiologic derangement involving two or more organ systems not involved in the disorder that resulted in ICU [intensive care unit] admission, and arising in the wake of a potentially life-threatening physiologic insult.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
DEF

Survenue simultanée ou successive d'au moins deux défaillances viscérales d'ordre respiratoire, circulatoire, hépatique, hématologique, rénal, digestif ou neurologique, associées à une élévation du débit cardiaque et du métabolisme (surtout du catabolisme).

CONT

Le syndrome de défaillance multiviscérale affecte de nombreux malades hospitalisés en réanimation. L'agression initiale, infectieuse, traumatique ou chirurgicale, entraîne la sécrétion par l'organisme de médiateurs chimiques responsables de lésions viscérales multiples.

Spanish

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