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Name of Media:
Surviving Critical Illness: What Is Post-ICU Syndrome and How Does it Affect Patients and Families?
Author(s):
Randi Kaplan and Sharon Leung, M.D.
Publisher or Source:
U.S News
Type of Media:
Newspaper Article
Media Originally for:
General Public
Country of Origin:
United States
Primary Focus of Media:
PICS and PICS-F
COVID-19 Related:
No
Description:
Every year, about 6 million people are admitted to intensive care units with a life-threatening illness. As medical technology advances, more people survive conditions that once would have been fatal. However, about half of these ICU survivors develop some form of cognitive, psycho-social and physical deficits in a condition known as post-intensive care syndrome, or PICS.
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