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MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE

Specialty Definition: MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE

DomainDefinition

Health

A progressive condition usually characterized by combined failure of several organs such as the lungs, liver, kidney, along with some clotting mechanisms, usually postinjury or postoperative. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Multiple Organ Failure (New Horizons, No 3) (reference)

  • Splanchnic Ischemia and Multiple Organ Failure (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE

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Health

ARDS is often associated with multiple organ failure (heart, liver, kidneys, and lungs). (references)

A decrease in circulating red blood cells and blood platelets and reduced blood flow to organs may lead to multiple organ failure. (references)

The incidence of multiple organ failure is particularly high when sepsis or hypotension from loss of blood are the underlying causes of ARDS. Research designed to clarify the events that underlie the development of ARDS is of high priority to the NHLBI. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

multiple organ failure

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 55 4C 54 49 50 4C 45      4F 52 47 41 4E      46 41 49 4C 55 52 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01010101 01001100 01010100 01001001 01010000 01001100 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010010 01000111 01000001 01001110 00100000 01000110 01000001 01001001 01001100 01010101 01010010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#85 &#76 &#84 &#73 &#80 &#76 &#69 &#32 &#79 &#82 &#71 &#65 &#78 &#32 &#70 &#65 &#73 &#76 &#85 &#82 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0055 004C 0054 0049 0050 004C 0045      004F 0052 0047 0041 004E      0046 0041 0049 004C 0055 0052 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

475546544350463924952413548240354346555239

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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