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AAST PICS Consensus 2026 — Post-intensive Care Syndrome (PICS): AAST Critical Care Committee Consensus Guideline — Defining, Recognizing, and Managing PICS Associated Physical Impairment, Cognitive Dysfunction, and Thromboinflammatory Dysregulation

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee, 2026

Recognize PICS as a multidomain post-critical-illness syndrome, screen for clinically important physical and cognitive impairment, and use individualized multidisciplinary rehabilitation and longitudinal follow-up rather than a one-size-fits-all recovery pathway.

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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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