title: Immunocompetence in the critically ill: understanding the problem.
abstract: The author reviews the main pathophysiologic and clinical aspects of MODS, with particular attention to the evaluation immunocompetence of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité-Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keh
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence / Q000276:immunology*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000276:immunology