Multiple-organ-failure syndrome

CJ Carrico, JL Meakins, JC Marshall, D Fry… - Archives of …, 1986 - jamanetwork.com
INCIDENCE AND PROBLEMS OF MULTIPLE-ORGAN-FAILURE SYNDROMES The
panelists for the discussion were C. James Carrico, MD, from Seattle; Jonathan Meakins,
MD, DSc, FRCSC, FACS, from Montreal; Donald Fry, MD, from Cleveland; and Ronald V.
Maier, MD, from Seattle. Dr Carrico: Multiple-organ-failure (MOF) syndrome is a process that
occurs following 7% to 22% of emergency operations and between 30% and 50% of
operations for intra-abdominal sepsis; MOF syndrome carries a mortality that varies from …