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MeSH Heading: Multiple Organ Failure
Tree Number(s): C23.550.835.525
Unique ID: D009102
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009102
Scope Note: A progressive condition usually characterized by combined failure of several organs such as the lungs, liver, kidney, along with some clotting mechanisms, usually postinjury or postoperative.
Entry Term(s): MODS; Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome; Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Multiple; Organ Failure, Multiple
See Also: Organ Dysfunction Scores
Public MeSH Note: 83
History Note: 83
Date Established: 1983/01/01
Date of Entry: 1982/04/26
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014196
Scope Note: A progressive condition usually characterized by combined failure of several organs such as the lungs, liver, kidney, along with some clotting mechanisms, usually postinjury or postoperative.
Terms: Multiple Organ Failure Preferred Term
Term UI T027208
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1983); Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
Term UI T027210
Date02/18/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Organ Failure, Multiple
Term UI T027207
Date04/26/1982
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); MODS
Term UI T027209
Date04/03/1997
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Multiple
Term UI T027211
Date04/03/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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