Shigeaki Inoue, Nobuto Nakanishi, Fumimasa Amaya, Yoshihisa Fujinami, Junji Hatakeyama, Toru Hifumi, Yuki Iida, Daisuke Kawakami, Yusuke Kawai, Yutaka Kondo, Keibun Liu, Kensuke Nakamura, Takeshi Nishida, Hidenori Sumita, Shunsuke Taito, Shunsuke Takaki, Norihiko Tsuboi, Takeshi Unoki, Yasuyo Yoshino, Osamu Nishida
Post-intensive care syndrome comprises physical, cognitive, and mental impairments in patients treated in an intensive care unit (ICU). It occurs either during the ICU stay or following ICU discharge and is related to the patients' long-term prognosis. The same concept also applies to pediatric patients, and it can greatly affect the mental status of family members. In the 10 years since post-intensive care syndrome was first proposed, research has greatly expanded. Here, we summarize the recent evidence on post-intensive care syndrome regarding its pathophysiology, epidemiology, assessment, risk factors, prevention, and treatments...
2024: Acute Medicine & Surgery