*2.8.3 System for logistic organ dysfunction (LODS)*

From a database of 13,152 cases, the Logistic Organ Dysfunction System (LODS) scale was created. It was the first scale of its kind to evaluate the severity of organ dysfunction while accounting for the likelihood of in-hospital mortality using multivariate logistic regression. Six organ system dysfunctions (nervous, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, hematopoietic, and hepatic) are characterized by 11 factors [14, 15].
