Post-intensive care syndrome in primary care: The development of new diseases and primary care services utilisation - a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients experience long-lasting health problems defined as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) after Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. Little is known about PICS in primary care.

Objectives

To investigate whether ICU survivors encounter more new International Classification of Primary Care-2 (ICPC-2) diagnoses and general practitioner (GP) contact compared to patients with similar comorbidity without ICU admission.

Methods

Prospective multicentre cohort study in three Dutch general practices. Numbers of disease-episodes and GP contacts of ICU survivors ≥ 16 years admitted between 2008 and 2017 were extracted from GPs' information systems. A non-ICU reference cohort was matched 1:1 for age, sex, follow-up period and comorbidity groups from patients' medi

SUBMITTER: van Sleeuwen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10231043 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature