Post-intensive care syndrome as a predictor of mortality in patients with critical illness: A cohort study.
Naoya YanagiKentaro KamiyaNobuaki HamazakiRyota MatsuzawaKohei NozakiTakafumi IchikawaThomas S ValleyTakeshi NakamuraMasashi YamashitaEmi MaekawaTomotaka KoikeMinako Yamaoka-TojoMasayasu AraiAtsuhiko MatsunagaJunya AkoPublished in: PloS one (2021)
While PICS as a syndrome has been useful in gaining attention to the sequelae of critical illness, its relationship with long-term mortality is driven largely by physical disability and cognitive impairment and not depression.