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Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome

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  • Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) - a clinical syndrome in which two or more organ systems fail progressively; not a disease itself but the final common pathway of severe illness (sepsis, trauma, pancreatitis, burns).

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