Post-intensive care syndrome in patients recovered from COVID-19 discharged from intensive care at a third level of care

Introduction: The post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) was coined in 2020, survivors experience cognitive, psychological, and physical impairment; unknown effects due to not following up with patients discharged from an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Objective: To calculate the prevalence of PICS in patients recovered from COVID-19 discharged from the ICU from a third level of care. Material and methods: Ambispective, cross-sectional, observational, and analytical study. The prevalence of PICS was calculated in patients discharged from the ICU who recovered from COVID-19 and who met inclusion criteria, the descriptive analysis of the population was performed, and the sample was divided into two groups to compare them. Results: A total of 126 patients were included, 53.2% male, with a mean age of 52 years. BMI >25 was the most frequent comorbidity in 76.2%, followed by DM in 39.7%, SAH in 26.2%, the degree of dependence measured by the Barthel scale was mild in 27%, with 24 patients p 0.041 occasionally being dependent for urination, 38 patients p 0.034 to move with help and 36 patients with p .009 to climb stairs with help with a prevalence of PICS of 14.3%. Conclusion: The prevalence of PICS in patients recovered from COVID-19 was 14.3% and its main comorbidities were BMI >25, followed by DM2 and SAH.