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An increasing number of failing organs was associated with higher mortality in patients with multiple organ system failure.
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increased with the number of failing organs. The terms “organ system failure” (OSF) and “multiple organ system failure” (MOSF) were then introduced to describe, not a specific disease entity, but a syndrome, characterized by organ failure or dysfunction affecting one or more organs as a complication of other critical illnesses as well as of sepsis syndrome
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Kleinknecht et al. (1996) studied this question. An increasing number of failing organs was associated with higher mortality in patients with multiple organ system failure.
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