TY  - RPRT
TI  - Report on Post-intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) for general practitioners
AU  - Hanquet Germaine
AU  - Benahmed Nadia
AU  - Castanares-Zapatero Diego
AU  - Dauvrin Marie
AU  - Desomer Anja
AU  - Rondia Karin
AB  - The post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is not specific to COVID-19. In the months after discharge, it can occur in more than half of the patients that have stayed in intensive care for a serious pathology. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is very likely that its incidence will increase in the coming months. 

PICS can cause three types of symptoms: physical (extreme muscle weakness), psychological (anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder), and cognitive (memory loss, loss of verbal fluency, attention and executive functioning disorders). Psychological symptoms can also be observed in the relatives of the patients (PICS-F for ‘Family’).

Since PICS is not well known outside the limited circle of intensivists, KCE conducted a rapid review of the literature for primary caretakers to identify the main risk factors and the evidence for possible interventions. We have also identified a series of 6 practical tools. They will enable general practitioners to detect this syndrome, which they will no doubt soon observe, in a quick and reliable way. 
T2  - COVID-19 KCE Contributions
CY  - Brussels
PY  - 2020
LA  - English
M3  - COVID-19 KCE Contributions
PB  - Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)
SN  - 
VO  - D/2020/10.273/13
KW  - COVID-19 KCE Contributions (en)
DO  - 
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