Post intensive care syndrome - from risk at ICU admission to 3 months follow-up clinic

Methods We invite patients that stayed in the ICU for more than 2 days to the follow-up clinic at 3 months. Before that, we evaluate them at ICU admission for risk assessment, at ICU discharge for PICS components and in hospital’s first week and hospital’s discharge to monitor the PICS evolution. Data from our Follow-Up Clinic and registry was prospectively collected from January 2013 to February 2015 and includes demographics, SAPS II, duration of sedation, duration of mechanical ventilation or ICU stay and also PICS risk and components. To evaluate the psychological components of PICS “Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale” and “Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome 14 Questions Inventory” were applied to patients during hospital stay and at 3 months. We compared patients with PICS at ICU discharge with no PICS population. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.