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    • Intensive Care Medicine
    • Neurology
    • Psychiatry

    Background:

    • Intensive care unit (ICU) survivors often experience physical, cognitive, and mental impairments, collectively known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).
    • These PICS impairments significantly hinder patients' ability to reintegrate into daily life post-discharge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review epidemiologic data, risk factors, and current prevention and treatment strategies for PICS.
    • To present preliminary findings on PICS prevalence and treatment frequency from an outpatient clinic.

    Main Methods:

    • Narrative review of existing literature on PICS.
    • Analysis of data from an outpatient PICS clinic evaluating patients three months post-ICU discharge across physical, cognitive, and mental health domains.

    Main Results:

    • Predisposing factors (sex, age, prior mental disorders) and precipitating factors (ICU stress, illness severity, delirium) help identify at-risk patients for preventive strategies.
    • Preliminary data shows 72% of patients have at least one PICS domain impairment three months post-ICU.
    • Half of patients utilized the PICS outpatient clinic alongside their family physician post-discharge.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective multiprofessional care for PICS patients and families requires understanding complex risk factors and illness trajectories.
    • Improved integration of rehabilitative services, specialized aftercare, nursing facilities, and primary care is needed for better cross-sector care strategies.