Sentence examples for organic dysfunction from inspiring English sources

To assess the pattern of organic dysfunction as described by the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in a 4-year period.

Hippocrates, in the fifth century B.C., declared that mental illness was a medical problem based on an organic dysfunction of the brain, which could best be addressed with oral remedies.

After all, the alternative – for Burns and for thousands of other psychiatrists – is to accept that in fact their working lives have constituted something of a travesty: either locking up or drugging patients whose diseases are defined not by organic dysfunction but by socially unacceptable behaviours.

In contrast, higher hydrostatic pressures in the vascular system predispose the patient to edema, organic dysfunction, and increased risk of in-hospital mortality [2, 3].

The higher mortality rates found in this population, in comparison to non-cancer critically ill patients, may be attributable to confounding bias due to a higher incidence of multiple organic dysfunction in those patiens with malignant neoplasms; however data regarding this hypothesis are scarce.

Higher scores reflect more severe organic dysfunction.

Demographic data and SOFA score (including individual organic dysfunctions and the general score, which is the sum of organ-specific scores) were collected from January 2008 to December 2012 at admission, 48 hours and 7 days.

Logistic regression has shown that the variables considered as independent risk factors were age (P < 0.0001; OR 1.059 and 95% CI 1.028 1.091) and the number of organic dysfunctions (P < 0.0001; OR 2.115 and 95% CI 1.448 3.090).

Hepatocytes accumulate organic anions under conditions of sepsis-associated organ dysfunction.

All patients had a normal alpha-EEG before drug therapy, and did not suffer from brain-organic dysfunctions, as verified by clinical examination and cMRI scans.

Multi-organ dysfunction.