Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

ME, CFS    Definitions, Criteria and Protocols

•  A new and simple definition of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

  Symptoms and signs from Byron Marshall Hyde MD

 The Nightingale, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) Definition

A measurable and persistent diffuse vascular injury of the CNS from The Nightingale Research Foundation

•   A Definition of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

  by Prof. Malcom Hooper. A deconstruction of the ME term.

•  ME, CFS Canadian Definition and Protocols   2003

  Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:
  Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols.    Carruthers et al.,

•  ME / CFS Pediatric Definition

  A Case Definition for Children with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.   Leonard A. Jason et al;   Oct 2008

•   CDC revised Chronic Fatigue Syndrome guidelines

  Current Definition, Symptoms and Diagnostic guidelines, Fukuda et al. updated

•  Australian Revised 2002 CFS Clinical Practice Guidelines

  MJA 6 May 2002 176 (9 Suppl): S17-S55

•  Overview of the Australian Clinical practice guidelines

  A side by side comparsion of the 1997 & 2002 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Overview of the Clinical practice guidelines - - Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

•  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome   The Fukuda et al., Criteria of 1994

  Fukuda et al., Criteria - Annals Of Internal Medicine: Vol.121;#12   Dec15; 1994    pg 953-959   (Figure's 1 and 2 not reproduced only text imput)

•   Management Guidelines for General Practitioners

  Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Management Guidelines for General Practitioners.
  A guideline for the diagnosis and management of ME/CFS in the community or primary care setting (2004)

•  London Criteria Version 2 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)

  Report from The National Task Force on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
  EG Dowsett, E Goudsmit, A Macintyre, C Shepherd, et al.,

•  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome   G. Holmes et al. 1988 (CDC)

  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Working Case Definition Holmes et al Ann Intern Med. 1988; 108:387-389. The birth of CFS.

•  Myalgic Encephalomyelitis : A Baffling Syndrome with a Tragic Aftermath

  Melvin Ramsay, M.A., M.D. Hon Consultant Physician, Infectious diseases Department, Royal Free Hospital

•  "The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Syndrome"

  "The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Syndrome" A monograph to demonstrate the clinical features of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

•  Redefinitions of ME/CFS   A 20th Century Phenomenon

  A pre 1988 record and criteria of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
  Dr E. G. Dowsett  MB ChB.Dip.Bact

•  The Oxford Crtieria

  A report - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Guidelines for Research MC Sharpe et al, (note cfs not Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)
  when you don't like the rules change them

•  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Need for Subtypes (Jason LA et al,)

  Neuropsychology Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 29-58

•  Methodological Challenges

  Defining Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Methodological Challenges. Jason LA et al, J of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Vol. 7(3) 2000, pp. 17-32
  regarding the interpretation and application of the diagnostic criteria