TEST - PICS - Common physical issues
TEST - PICS - Common physical issues
Many physical problems can be encountered after critical illness. These can be new or old symptoms that have got worse.
Some physical symptoms will be permanent and some will improve over times with support from recovery services in the community, hospital services or self directed, which means you working on your recovery by yourself.
It is very common to struggle with fatigue and poor sleep. Sleep disordered breathing is often unrecognised, but can contribute to fatigue during the day and poor memory.
Please view the following website for more information and ask your GP to request a sleep study and referral to the sleep clinic at Guy's if you are concerned this could be affecting you: www.blf.org.uk/information/osa
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Recovering from an intensive care stay
While returning home might feel like a big relief for some people, it can also feel quite overwhelming to be without the reassurance and support of hospital staff.
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is a group of problems that people can experience after surviving a life-threatening illness. More than half (50 percent) of all people who survive a hospital stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) will have at least one of the problems seen with PICS.