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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, ...
The SOFA-2 score included new definitions, new variables, and revised thresholds to categorize the severity of organ dysfunction in critical illness. The updates reflected changes in practice, ...
Sepsis occurs when there is a dysregulated host response to infection, resulting in organ dysfunction. According to the Global Burden of Disease study, about 50 million people annually worldwide ...
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Low blood pressure can secretly damage your organs: How hypotension leads to kidney, heart, brain, and liver failure
Low blood pressure, or hypotension, is often overlooked because some people tolerate lower readings without obvious symptoms. However, in many situations, particularly during critical illness, trauma, ...
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has recently published the updated version of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), the global reference system in intensive care ...
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