Nature

Postinjury Multiple Organ Failure Mechanisms

Multiple organ failure following severe trauma arises from a complex interplay of systemic inflammation, immune dysregulation, microvascular dysfunction and metabolic derangements. Initial tissue ...

Child develops acute lung injury and multi-organ dysfunction after consuming mosquito-repellent liquid

A 19-month-old child faced a life-threatening ordeal after accidentally ingesting mosquito-repellent liquid, leading to severe lung damage and multiple organ complications. After nearly three weeks of ...
Medscape

Experts Propose Updated Sequential Organ Failure Assessment

Researchers from 28 countries have proposed updating the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score to better measure organ dysfunction in critically ill patients admitted to the ICUs. SOFA 2, ...
Medical Xpress

The international system for assessing organ dysfunction in critically ill patients is updated after thirty years

The updated version of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), the global reference system in intensive care medicine used to assess the degree of organ dysfunction in critically ill patients, ...
Medscape

End Organ Damage Often Unchecked in Outpatient Hypertension Management

Providers should evaluate all patients with new-onset hypertension for evidence of end organ damage, guidelines say, but researchers have found gaps in that process. Researchers at Indiana University ...
Irish Daily Mirror

Hospital and GP apologise over care to grandmother who died from multi organ failure

A hospital and a GP have apologised for the shortcomings and failings in care to a woman who died from multi organ failure linked to a toxic side effect of a drug prescribed for her. Mother and ...