title: Outpatient intensive care unit follow-up services in Italy:  a national survey: a brief report.
abstract: This is a brief report of a national Italian survey about the presence and the way of management of outpatient follow-up services for patients who survived in the intensive care unit and after discharge from the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Careggi Teaching Hospital, Florence, Italy. stebam@libero.it; stebam@hotmail.it
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bambi
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solaro
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cianchi
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peris
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007558:Italy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires