Key result
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome remains the most important factor associated with mortality in surgical intensive care units, though current definitions of individual organ dysfunction have shortcomings.
Population
Patients with critical surgical illness in surgical intensive care units (SICUs)
Design
Review
Authors
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Warrants caution interpreting current organ scores in surgical ICUs; leaves open refined definitions for better prognostication.
Illness severity scores and SIRS magnitude at SICU admission are useful for stratifying MODS risk, though defining dysfunction of specific organs remains challenging.
Barie et al. (2000) conducted a review in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Critical Surgical Illness. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) was evaluated on Mortality. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome remains the most important factor associated with mortality in surgical intensive care units, though current definitions of individual organ dysfunction have shortcomings.
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