Clinical analysis of 54 serious severe acute respiratory syndrome patients with multiple organ injury / 中国呼吸与危重监护杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the clinical characteristics of the severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS) patients who progressed into multiple organ injury Methods Retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 54 severe SARS patients with multiple organ injury in our hospital Results In 54 SARS patients,systemic inflammatory response syndrome(SIRS) developed in all cases and multiple organ injury developed in 49 cases and the mortality of patients with multiple organ injury was 22 2% Among the involved organs,lungs were the most frequently involved organ,followed by liver,heart,brain,kidney and blood system The injury in other organs was rare Conclusions Serious SARS is predisposed to progress into multiple organ injury The mortality was correlated to the number of organs involved Recognization and treatment of multiple organ injury at early stage are critical with improve cure rate of serious SARS with multiple organ injury