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Gut Decontamination: Prevention of Infection and Translocation

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Multiple Organ Failure

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Multiple organ failure (MOF) remains the main cause of death and significant morbidity on the intensive care unit (ICU). The mortality varies from 40% to 100% depending on the number of organs failing.1,2 In 60% of all patients dying in the ICU, MOF is the cause of death. This has a significant impact on the resources in the ICU regarding both cost and effort.

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  1. Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA

    Arthur E. Baue MD (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  2. Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, D-81377, Germany

    Eugen Faist MD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA

    Donald E. Fry MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Poeze, M., Greve, J.W.M., Ramsay, G. (2000). Gut Decontamination: Prevention of Infection and Translocation. In: Baue, A.E., Faist, E., Fry, D.E. (eds) Multiple Organ Failure. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1222-5_59

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