title: Multiple organ failure: the pilgrim's progress.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bihari
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012769:Shock / Q000503:physiopathology; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation / Q000502:physiology