title: Power-law model for understanding multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
authors.forename: Miles S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ellenby
authors.forename: Brahm
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000145:classification*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index