title: Postoperative multiple organ failure.
abstract: Cellular damage is the pathophysiologic basis for the postoperative multiple organ failure syndrome. This damage may be caused by pre- and intraoperative shock. Postoperative organ failure is manifested when cellular repair does not occur. Three factors may contribute to this progression to multiple organ failure: inadequate resuscitation, malnutrition, and sepsis.
authors.affiliation: California College of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Medical Center, Orange.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Waxman
mesh_terms: D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control