Title of article :
Death in the burn unit: sterile multiple organ failure
Author/Authors :
R. L. Sheridan، نويسنده , , C. M. Ryan، نويسنده , , L. M. Yin، نويسنده , , J. Hurley، نويسنده , , R. G. Tompkins، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1998
Pages :
5
From page :
307
To page :
311
Abstract :
It has been our impression over the years that the most common cause of death in our burn patients is multiple organ failure, despite the clinical absence of uncontrolled infection at the time of death. A six year review of all deaths in our unit confirmed this impression, revealing that multiorgan failure is indeed the most common cause of death (48 patients, 67 per cent), followed rather distantly by early withdrawal of support (15 patients, 21 per cent), resuscitation failure (4 patients, 6 per cent) and isolated pulmonary failure (4 patients, 6 per cent). Finally, we found that our patients dying of multiorgan failure, although often having had multiple small infections during their course, were indeed clinically uninfected at the time of death. These findings are consistent with the supposition that uncontrolled systemic inflammation, initially triggered by tissue injury and isolated infection, persists despite control of these infections and leads to multiple organ failure and death.
Journal title :
Burns
Serial Year :
1998
Journal title :
Burns
Record number :
469775
Link To Document :
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