2025 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online-Post

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The speaker discusses post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), a condition affecting patients after prolonged ICU stays, especially those with sepsis. While ICU survival rates have improved, many patients face lasting physical, cognitive, and psychiatric issues, hindering full recovery. PICS includes muscle weakness, cognitive dysfunction, PTSD, and depression, and is understudied and under-addressed. Post-ICU clinics exist but are limited by funding and expertise gaps. The condition shares similarities with long COVID, which has increased awareness of post-critical illness syndromes. Preventing ICU delirium may reduce PICS severity. The speaker urges more research, clinical focus, and support for survivors to improve long-term outcomes.

Keywords

Post-intensive care syndrome

ICU survivors

Sepsis complications

Cognitive dysfunction

Long COVID

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