The concept of PACS（Post-Acute Care Syndrome）

Abstract

After acute phase diseases and its’treatments，physical and psychological disorder often occur in patients， especially in the elderly because of their declined resiliency. These dysfunction and injury have been treated as post-intensive care syndrome or hospital acquired associated disability for the limited population. We propose the concept of post-acute care syndrome PACS to discuss the dysfunction after broad acute medicine. PACS contains physical injury，cognitive dysfunction and psychological disorder，which can be evaluated with appropriate evaluation batteries. In the super aging society，it is urgent need to consider and take measures for PACS and to start up the informative cooperation between acute care hospitals and primary care including home healthcare.