• M Busico, A das Neves, F Carini, M Pedace, D Villalba, C Foster, J García Urrutia, M Garbarini, S Jereb, V Sacha, and E Estenssoro.
• Clínica Olivos, SMG, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Comité de Seguimiento y Rehabilitación, Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Intensiva (SATI), Argentina. Electronic address: marinabusico@yahoo.com.ar.
• Med Intensiva. 2019 May 1; 43 (4): 243-254.

IntroductionPatient follow-up after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge allows the early recognition of complications associated to post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). The aim of this project is to standardize outcome variables in a follow-up program for patients at risk of suffering PICS.MethodsThe Rehabilitation and Patient Follow-up Committee of the Argentine Society of Intensive Care Medicine (Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Intensiva, SATI) requested the collaboration of different committees to design the present document. A thorough search of the literature on the issue, together with pre-scheduled meetings and web-based discussion encounters were carried out. After comprehensive evaluation, the recommendations according to the GRADE system included in the follow-up program were: frequency of controlled visits, appointed healthcare professionals, basic domains of assessment and recommended tools of evaluation, validated in Spanish, and entire duration of the program.ConclusionThe measures herein suggested for patient follow-up after ICU discharge will facilitate a basic approach to diagnosis and management of the long-term complications associated to PICS.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.

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