multi-organ failure
Cascading bodily shutdown
Multi-organ failure is the simultaneous breakdown of two or more vital organ systems—typically the kidneys, lungs, liver, or heart.
It usually develops as a cascade, where one failing organ stresses others until the body can no longer compensate.
The condition is a common cause of death in intensive care units, often following severe infection, trauma, or shock: The patient developed multi-organ failure after sepsis set in.
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- crashSudden violent impact
- code blueHospital cardiac arrest signal
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- complicationscomplication, bleeding, paralysis, infections, hemorrhage
- death causescause of death, natural causes, manner of death, accidental death, natural death
- Blood Infectionsbloodstream infection, bacteremia, sepsis, septicemia, blood poisoning
- malaria effectshemolysis, jaundice, hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly, anemia
- Sepsissepsis, septicemia, blood poisoning, septic shock, bacteremia
- surgical riskscardiac arrest, hemorrhage, anaphylaxis, aspiration, hypotension
multi-organ failurerobust health
Excellent physical condition
wellness · vitality · good health · thriving
multi-organ failurefull recovery
Return to prior health
stabilization · convalescence · remission · recuperation · survival
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