[Development of multiple organ dysfunction in sepsis].

The authors studied bioelectrical millivolt-range potentials (omega potential), followed up the health status by the SAPS II and APACHE III scales and organ dysfunction by the MODS scale in patients with sepsis verified by the classification described by R. C. Bone. It was established that in patients with sepsis from the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) to the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), three main functional groups could be identified with their characteristic clinical course, the level of a lesion, and estimated mortality. In septic patients, the severest condition was noted in a decompensated state when septic shock developed, which was equal to 83 (79.3/ 83) scores by the SAPS II scale. In the patients whose condition was defined as sepsis and severe sepsis in the presence of a subcompensated state, the severity was equal to 55 (51/56.3) scores by the SAPS II scale. The mildest severity (51 (46.8/53.4) scores characterized the development of SIRS or sepsis in the presence of a compensated state.