Abstract
Premature newborns who need prolonged hospital stays may develop Post-Intensive Care Syndrome, which, as the term itself suggests, is characterized by post-hospital changes that manifest themselves in the physical, cognitive and/or nutritional fields. The advance of care in recent decades has provided greater survival for the newborns, thus allowing initial studies to characterize signs and symptoms which may indicate, in the future, the risk of developing PICS.
Highlights
Our study observed that children with longer hospital stays tend to have an altered motor development. This is one of the first studies on the subject and demonstrated that there is a tendency for changes in the motor and nutritional performance of children who remain hospitalized in the intensive care united (ICU), bringing the need for future studies with more robust samples and followed for more time
The term Post-Intensive Care Syndrome has been used to denote effects caused in one or more domains of patients who remain hospitalized in intensive care united (ICU) for prolonged periods [1]
The aim of the study was to characterize and verify the prevalence of signs related to the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in the physical domain, in the neuro psychomotor and nutritional field in children followed up at the Follow up Clinic of a metropolitan public hospital, located in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Summary
The term Post-Intensive Care Syndrome has been used to denote effects caused in one or more domains of patients who remain hospitalized in intensive care united (ICU) for prolonged periods [1]. In this sense are describes physical, cognitive and/or mental modifications [2]. The advance in the quality of care provided to preterm infants in recent decades has provided an increase in the survival of high-risk newborns (NB), making it possible for babies with increasingly lower gestational age to survive [7].
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