Connecting the Dots: Unveiling the Overlapping Realities of Long Coronavirus Disease and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome

Abstract

Critical care areas saw an unprecedented number of patients throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Unfortunately, many of these patients continue to experience lingering symptoms long after their discharge from the intensive care unit, related to post-intensive care syndrome and/or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19. Nurses should be aware of these often invisible illnesses and attentive to the fact that this patient population requires ongoing support via multidisciplinary, coordinated care.

Keywords: COVID-19; Long COVID; Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19; Post-intensive care syndrome; Survivorship; Survivorship prog.