Fig. 1
From: Nutritional therapy for the prevention of post-intensive care syndrome
Conceptual components of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) and its effect on the patients and their families: survivors of critical illness frequently experience intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) or global physical impairment as a result of muscle and peripheral nerve degeneration and develop PICS when complicated with cognitive dysfunction and mental disorder. Patients’ families also may develop mental disorders as a result of severe mental stress during hospitalization