Successful treatment of severe burn patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome: A case report

Ling-feng Wang, Yongdong Li, Xiyuan Xu, Ji Chen, Weiqing Wang, Zaiqing Huang, Lihua Zhang

Abstract


Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is the presence of altered organ function of two or more organ systems in acute ill patients with severe trauma, burn, shock and infection. In this case, the patient with burn area amounted to 95% and the third-degree burn was up to 90%. He underwent gastrointestinal tract, blood clotting, lung, brain, heart, liver dysfunction, and cardiac arrest for 30 minutes during the courses of treatment, and was discharged from the hospital after 108 days on the basis of comprehensive treatment and repeated skin grafting.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/dcc.v1n1p1

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