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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Mar;18(3 Suppl 1):S4–S16. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001047

Table 5.

Incidence of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome from non-sepsis conditions.

First Author Disease/
Condition
Year of
Publication
Location(s) of
Study
Period of
Study
Type of Study MODS
Definition
Numerator
Population
Denominator
Population
Incidence
Rate (%)
Noteworthy(*)
Seghaye(24) Congenital Heart Disease 1993 Germany 1985–1989 Retrospective Arbitrary-MOSF 13 460 4
Calkins(25) Trauma 2002 United States 1998–2000 Retrospective Denver MOF Score* 6 200 3 Not validated in children, measured beyond 48 hours after injury
Andruszkow(26) Trauma 2014 Germany 2005–2008 Prospective Cohort MODS** 7 59 12 Adult-specific scoring system
Kraft(27) Burn 2014 United States 8 years (actual years not reported) Prospective Cohort Denver 2 MOF Score 157 821 19
Jeschke(28) Burn 2015 United States 8 years (actual years not reported) Prospective Cohort Denver 2 MOF Score 60 226 27
Feickert(29) Liver Transplant 2001 Germany 1981–1993 Retrospective Wilkinson-MOSF 31 114 27
Jacobe(30) Bone Marrow Transplant 2003 United Kingdom 1994–1998 Retrospective Wilkinson-MOSF*** 10 57 18 MOSF defined as failure of more than 3 organ systems
Lamas(31) Bone Marrow Transplant 2003 Spain 1991–2000 Retrospective Wilkinson-MOSF 44 49 90

MODS = multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, MOF = Multiple organ failure, MOSF = Multiple organ system failure