[Why a post-intensive care consultation ?]

The progress of intensive care medicine allows the survival of patients with severe critical illness. However, the quality of life of patients with a prolonged stay in intensive care unit (ICU) can be poor. The physical and psychological consequences are due more to the intensive care than the primary diagnoses. Moreover, a stay of a beloved in an ICU impacts heavily on the relatives. The service of Geneva ICU developed a specific model of care for patients with a prolonged stay and seeks to establish a follow-up consultation for these patients. The aim would be to fill the memory gaps, explain the events during their stay, and detect potential complications. This project fits in the follow-up of complex situations in tight collaboration with the family doctors of such patients.