Long-term Outcomes After Critical Illness: Recent Insights

Overview

Journal Crit Care

Specialty Critical Care

Date 2021 Mar 18

PMID 33731201

Citations 84

Authors

Anne-Francoise Rousseau

Hallie C Prescott

Stephen J Brett

Bjorn Weiss

Elie Azoulay

Jacques Creteur

Nicola Latronico

Catherine L Hough

Steffen Weber-Carstens

Jean-Louis Vincent

Jean-Charles Preiser

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Abstract

Intensive care survivors often experience post-intensive care sequelae, which are frequently gathered together under the term "post-intensive care syndrome" (PICS). The consequences of PICS on quality of life, health-related costs and hospital readmissions are real public health problems. In the present Viewpoint, we summarize current knowledge and gaps in our understanding of PICS and approaches to management.

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