Open AccessPost–intensive care syndrome: A crash course for general practice
Author(s) -
Pierre Berger,
David Braude
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-07-20-55491
Subject(s) - crash , course (navigation) , medicine , psychology , computer science , engineering , programming language , aerospace engineering
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) refers to a constellation of cognitive, psychiatric and physical symptoms experienced by patients during and following a period of critical illness. As many as 50% of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors are affected, and symptoms can persist for months to years. When psychological symptoms are experienced by patients' loved ones, this is termed PICS-family (PICS-F).