title: [The life of ICU-survivors].
abstract: Many ICU survivors experience physical, cognitive and mental complications of critical care. This phenomenon has recently been defined as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). We present 2 patients who survived treatment in an ICU. One of these patients, a 71-year-old male, had pneumosepsis and multiple organ failure. He was treated for 10 days in the ICU. He made a full recovery after 3 months of rehabilitation. The second patient, a 61-year-old male, developed multiple organ failure as complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis. He was treated for 55 days in the ICU. He ultimately survived, but later developed a post-intensive care syndrome that had a long-lasting impact on his quality of life. Early rehabilitation and the limited use of sedatives might mitigate the severity of this syndrome.
authors: Gelre Ziekenhuizen, afd. Intensive Care, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. h.rommes@gelre.nl
authors: Johannes H
authors: JH
authors: Rommes
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: van de Braak
authors: Janneke
authors: J
authors: Niessen
authors: Annemarije
authors: A
authors: Braber
authors: Greetje
authors: G
authors: van de Wal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000401:mortality*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016019:Survival Analysis