Table 1. Search strategy for MEDLINE (PubMed).

#	Searches
1	ICU survivor*
2	intensive care survivor*
3	critical care survivor*
4	patients discharged from ICU*
5	patients surviving ICU*
6	survivor*
7	Survivors(MeSH)
8	critical ill*
9	#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8
10	Follow-up care*
11	Follow-up service*
12	Follow-up program*
13	Follow-up intervention*
14	Follow-up support*
15	Follow-up clinic*
16	aftercare*
17	aftercare service*
18	aftercare program*
19	aftercare intervention*
20	aftercare support*
21	rehabilitation*
22	recovery center*
23	recovery centre*
24	consultation*
25	rehabilitation N4 ICU
26	consultation N4 ICU
27	post ICU service*
28	post ICU program*
29	post ICU intervention*
30	post ICU support*
31	post ICU rehabilitation*
32	post ICU recovery center*
33	post ICU recovery centre*
34	post ICU consultation*
35	post ICU clinic*
36	Outpatient Clinic*
37	Post-discharge follow-up
38	Follow-Up Studies(MeSH)
39	Aftercare(MeSH)
40	Secondary Care(MeSH)
41	#10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #32 OR #33 OR #34 OR #35 OR #36 OR #37 OR #38 OR #39 OR #40
42	Post-intensive care syndrome*
43	post intensive care syndrome*
44	PICS
45	post ICU syndrome*
46	post-ICU syndrome*
47	post-ICU consequence*
48	post ICU consequence*
49	post ICU outcome*
50	post-ICU outcome*
51	post ICU symptom*
52	post-ICU symptom*
53	postintensive care syndrome(Supplementary Concept)
54	#42 OR #43 OR #44 OR #45 OR #46 OR #47 OR #48 OR # 49 OR #50 OR #51 OR #52 OR #53
55	#9 AND #41 AND #54

ICUintensive care unitMeSHMedical Subject Headings