This viewpoint summarizes current knowledge, gaps, and management approaches for post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) in ICU survivors.
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.
Rousseau et al. (Wed,) studied this question.