IL6 and Multiple Organ Failure: Consequently, we intended to evaluate the established IL-6 in severely traumatized children: The present study shows a considerable correlation between IL-6 levels and development of multiple organ failure after trauma in children confirming results from other investigations in adults [17,32,33]: In a prospective study analyzing 75 severely injured adult patients, plasma IL-6 levels were increased in MODS patients during the first 10 days [33].