Search Tag: post-intensive care syndrome

ICU Management

2024 03 Oct

Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) is a critical issue affecting survivors of intensive care. PICS involves new or worsened physical, psychological, and cognitive impairments after critical illness, significantly impacting health-related quality of life (HRQoL), functional outcomes, and employment.    Critical care rehabilitation occurs in four...Read more

Sepsis

2024 02 Sep

  A recent review addresses the challenge of categorising new persistent symptoms that patients experience after recovering from ICU-treated sepsis caused by COVID-19. It explores whether these symptoms fit into one of the following categories: Long-COVID, Post-Sepsis Syndrome, or Post-Intensive-Care Syndrome. It also considers if patients might...Read more

ICU Management

2020 24 Nov

In this article, we aim to summarise the current management of Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome – Family (PICS-F), understanding the need for continuum assessment and support throughout critical disease. Illustrating PICS People who have been admitted to an Intensive Care Unit report a reduced quality...Read more

ICU Management

2019 23 Jul

Results of a randomised clinical trial in France indicate that the use of ICU diaries was not helpful in preventing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) after ICU hospitalisation. In this multicentre study, investigators compared the use of patients' ICU diaries – filled out by clinicians and family members during the ICU stay – with usual...Read more

ICU Management

2019 06 Mar

With multiple advances in critical care, more patients are given the chance to survive life-threatening illnesses such as sepsis. This growing cohort of patients, however, grapples with a new challenge – post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). A raft of symptoms, including muscle weakness, depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),...Read more

ICU Management

2017 24 Jan

A new set of evidence-based guidelines for promoting family-centred care in neonatal, paediatric, and adult ICUs has been introduced at this year's Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) 46th Critical Care Congress. The guidelines, as well as supporting work tools, are now available on the SCCM and Critical Care Medicine websites. See Also...Read more