Özet:

Prolonged life expectancy and increasing incidence of chronic diseases all over the world cause a significant increase in the intensive care patient population. In addition, rapid developments in the scientific world and innovative processes in medical technologies have a positive effect on treatment and care processes, and in parallel, discharge rates from intensive care units increase. However, in the long term, it is obvious that individuals experience some health problems during the post-discharge period. Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is a phenomenon that refers to physical, cognitive and mental disorders that occur during ICU stay, after discharge from ICU or hospital, and also affects the family or relatives of the patient. One of the most important factors in this process is nursing management. For this reason, our review aimed to explain PICS in all its aspect such as pathophysiology, risk factors, prevention and nursing management.

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