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Can dangerously low blood pressure cause organ failure?
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Yes: Period of inadequate blood flow, if too long, leads to ischemia / poor organ function or organ failure. Heads toward msof (multi-system organ failure, aka mods: multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). Extremely high mortality.
Answered 10/15/2017
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