Table 2.

Diagnosis, multiorgan failure, and cause of death among nonsurvivors

Primary diagnosis	Multi-organ failure	Final cause of death
Leukemia	ARDS, CV, heme, renal	Brain death
Lupus flare	ARDS, renal, hep, GI, heme,	Brain death
Pneumonia (pneumococcal)	ARDS, CV, heme, CNS	Cardiac arrest with clinical herniation
Vasoocclusive disease and graft-versus-host disease after BMT	ARDS, hepatic, renal, heme, CV	No escalation of care
Sepsis and candida superinfection	ARDS, CV, heme, hep, renal	No escalation of care
Sepsis (pneumococcal)	ARDS, CV, renal, hepatic, heme, CNS	Withdrawal of support
Pneumonia (influenza A and candida)	ARDS, heme, renal, liver	Withdrawal of support
Sepsis (strept viridans)	ARDS, CV, heme, GI	Withdrawal of support
Cardiac arrest, pulmonary HTN	ARDS, CV, hepatic	Withdrawal of nitric oxide
Adenoviral pneumonia	ARDs, bleeding on ECLS	Withdrawal of support
Aspiration pneumonia	ARDS, heme	Withdrawal of support
Meningococcemia with peripheral ischaemia	ARDS, renal, CV, heme, hep, CNS	Withdrawal of support
Head trauma	ARDS, CV, heme	No escalation of care
Sickle cell disease, stroke, desferoxmine toxicity	ARDS, CV, heme, CNS	Withdrawal of support

ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, CV cardiovascular, heme hematologic failure, hep hepatologic failure, ECLS extracorporeal life support, CNS central nervous system, GI gastrointestinal