Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Awareness and Communication
Our results show that awareness of PICS is inconsistent among providers and low among patients. Few ICU team members reported routinely talking to patients or families about the common, disabling impairments that often occur after critical illness. Few patients remembered being told about the possibility of PICS. Further investigation is needed to determine how best to improve this communication gap.
Authors
- Tom A. Elasy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1651-8387)
- Hannah Kieffer
- Mark Rolfsen
- Mayur B. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5230-0871)
- Robert L. Owens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6515-6204)
- Pratik P. Pandharipande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-8580)
- Timothy D. Girard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-4871)
- James C. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8089-2827)
- Sukhvinder Nagi
- Kevin Shaw
- Nathan E. Brummel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-0015)
- Carla M. Sevin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2971-179X)
- Edward T. Qian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1092-3533)
- Eugene Wesley Ely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3957-2172)
- Lauren E. Ferrante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1345-1225)
- Matthew F. Mart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-8838)
- John P. Kress (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0314-8380)
- D.J. Krasinski
- Jaspal Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8646-5444)
- Christopher G. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4797-5123)
- Ana Lucia Fuentes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9144-7920)
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of California System (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Levine Cancer Institute (US)
- VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (US)
- Freedom to Live (US)
- Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- CHEST Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2025.08.048
- Primary Topic
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00