Post-Intensive Care Syndrome

Features| April 2024 Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Jovana Rutherford, BSN, RN, CCRN; Jovana Rutherford, BSN, RN, CCRN Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Joy L. Chen, MD, FASA, FCCM; Joy L. Chen, MD, FASA, FCCM Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Stephen H. Sams, MD; Stephen H. Sams, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Somnath Bose, MD, MPH, FASA Somnath Bose, MD, MPH, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor April 2024, Vol. 88, 20–21. https: //doi. org/10. 1097/01. ASM. 0001010672. 45433. 51 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures Post-Intensive Care Syndrome. ASA Monitor 2024; 88: 20–21 doi: https: //doi. org/10. 1097/01. ASM. 0001010672. 45433. 51 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: post intensive care unit syndrome Post-intensive care syndrome, also known as PICS, is a "conglomeration of either new or worsening symptoms, affecting the mental, cognitive, and physical health of survivors of critical illness" (Crit Care Med 2012;40: 502-9). Increasing ICU survival rates, combined with an aging global population, place more patients at risk each year for the development of PICS. There is considerable variability in the reported rates of PICS, with some studies reporting the incidence to be as high as one in two ICU survivors in the United States (Rev Bras Ter Intensiva 2022;34: 380-5). ICU survivors have a 40% readmission rate with a median hospitalization cost of 18, 756 (Ann Am Thorac Soc 2019;16: 947-56). Financial consequences to the patient, including the inability to work with resulting loss of earnings and inability to pay medical bills, are some other less well-described sequelae of critical illness (Ann Am Thorac Soc 2019;16: 947-56. . . You do not currently have access to this content.