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Initiating care of a patient with ME/CFS
Initiating care of a patient with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), by Charles W. Lapp in Front. Pediatr., [Published 23 January 2019] Article abstract: This paper introduces the primary care physician to the unique and challenging aspects of initially … Continue reading
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Tagged Anaerobic threshold, clinical guidelines, doctor patient relationship, Dr Charles Lapp, heart rate monitors, interval activity, self management, time-based activity
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US Public Health Agency, the CDC, launches new ME/CFS guidance for clinicians
Medscape Medical news blog post, by Miriam Tucker, 13 July: CDC Launches New ME/CFS Guidance for Clinicians The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted extensive content on the agency website aimed at helping healthcare providers diagnose and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, clinical guidelines, IOM, Miriam Tucker
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ME, CFS & SEID: three distinct clinical entities?
Article abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease: Three Distinct Clinical Entities, by Frank N M Twisk in Open Access Challenges 2018, 9(1), 19 [Published: 13 April 2018] Many researchers consider chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) to be a synonym … Continue reading
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Tagged case definitions, clinical guidelines, diagnosis, diagnostic criteria, Frank Twisk, Systemic exertion Intolerance Disease
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ME/CFS: what every family physician needs to know
Article extract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: what every family physician needs to know, by Mary Dimmock, Susan Levine, MD, and Terri L. Wilder, MSW in Family Doctor (journal of New York State Academy of Family Physicians) Winter 2018 6:3 pp 23-25 The onset … Continue reading
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Tagged clinical guidelines, Dr Susan Levine, Mary Dimmock, PEM, Post-exertional malaise, Terri L Wilder
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Guidelines for children with ME now available to download
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: a primer, 2017 Edition This primer was compiled and published in June 2017 by the International Writing Group for Pediatric ME/CFS. It was originally published as a review article based in Frontiers in … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescents, Alan Gurwitt, children, clinical guidelines, Dr Kenneth J Friedman, Dr Nigel Speight, Dr Peter Rowe, Dr Rosamund Vallings, Julian M Stewart, Katherine S Rowe, Malcolm S Schwartz, Marvin S Medow, ME/CFS Primer for clinical practitioners, Rosemary A. Underhill, teenagers, young people
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Three approaches to CFS in the UK, Australia, & Canada: lessons for democratic policy
Research abstract: Decisions about diagnostic categories through clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) represent a central type of informal policy-making which affect the scope of publicly-regulated health services and directions for future research. We examine the development of three diverse sets of CPGs for chronic fatigue … Continue reading
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MEA’s clinical guidelines for doctors – new edition published
The Eighth Edition of ME/CFS/PVFS: An Exploration of the Key Clinical Issues was published by the ME Association at the beginning of June. Dr Charles Shepherd comments: “We hope that you will find the new booklet easier to read and understand … Continue reading
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