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Definition of organ dysfunction |
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| Dysfunctional organ system |
Criteria |
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| Renal |
Urine output ≤ 1 ml/kg per h or serum creatinine ≥ 100 μmol/l |
| Respiratory |
Ventilatory support with inspired oxygen fraction ≥ 0.4 for more than 5 days postoperatively |
| Hepatic |
Aspartate aminotransferase ≥ 500 IU/L or prothrombin time* ≤ 50% |
| Cardiac |
Need for catecholamines >24 h postoperatively† |
| Haematological |
Thrombocytes <100,000/μl |
| Neurological |
Seizures or coma |
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*Patient/control value. †Dopamine <5 μg/kg per min excluded. | |
Trotter et al. Critical Care 2001 5:343 doi:10.1186/cc1067 |
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