Surviving isn’t enough: The unfinished work of post-ICU care - Healthy Debate
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The article discusses post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), which causes physical, cognitive and psychological impairments affecting roughly half of ICU survivors, including weakness, memory problems, anxiety and depression that can prevent return to work and independence. It highlights fragmented responsibility for recovery after discharge and calls for better post-critical-illness follow-up services and coordination among healthcare providers.
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For decades, survival has been one of the clearest measures of success in critical care. A patient arrives in the intensive care unit (ICU) critically ill, survives and eventually leaves the hospital. From the outside, it can look like a success story. But what happens after they go home? For many patients, surviving the ICU is only the beginning of recovery. Post-intensive care syndrome, or PICS,…
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