Aging and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS): A Critical Need for Geriatric Psychiatry

Highlights • The number of older ICU (intensive care unit) survivors is rapidly growing due to aging of the population and improved ICU care. • The long-term cognitive, psychological, and physical sequelae after ICU hospitalization is known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). • Many older ICU su...

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Published in:The American journal of geriatric psychiatry 2018-02, Vol.26 (2), p.212-221
Main Authors: Wang, Sophia, MD, Allen, Duane, MD, Kheir, You Na, MD, Campbell, Noll, PharmD, MS, Khan, Babar, MD, MS
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Behavioral Symptoms - etiology
Behavioral Symptoms - therapy
caregiver stress
Caregivers
Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology
Cognitive Dysfunction - therapy
cognitive impairment
Critical Care
critical care illness
delirium
Delirium - etiology
Delirium - therapy
Geriatric Psychiatry
Geriatrics
Humans
Intensive care
intensive care unit
Internal Medicine
Mental Disorders - etiology
Mental Disorders - therapy
post–intensive care syndrome
Psychiatry
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Summary:Highlights • The number of older ICU (intensive care unit) survivors is rapidly growing due to aging of the population and improved ICU care. • The long-term cognitive, psychological, and physical sequelae after ICU hospitalization is known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). • Many older ICU survivors suffer from long-term cognitive impairment from ICU-related delirium and mental health symptoms. • PICS-family describes the mental health symptoms that family members can experience after their loved ones are hospitalized in the ICU. • Geriatric psychiatrists may be able to play an important role in collaborative care clinics designed to care for ICU survivors.
ISSN:1064-7481
1545-7214
DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2017.05.016