ConsensusCurrent

AAST Critical Care Committee — PICS: expectations, mental health impairments, financial hardship and caregiver burden

AAST Critical Care Committee, 2026

Recognize mental-health, financial and caregiver needs with longitudinal screening, referral and multidisciplinary support. Surgical/trauma consensus extrapolates much evidence from mixed ICU populations; no single clinic model is established.

Expert opinionLow certainty

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Clinical Context & Relevant Topics (1)

Disease Reference

Post-ICU Syndrome, Survivorship & Rehabilitation

Prevention, recognition and follow-up of physical, cognitive and psychological morbidity after critical illness, including ICU-acquired weakness and family impact.

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