Unexplained Prolonged Fatigue in Primary Care
Autor: | Mark B. Mengel, Horng-Shiuann Wu |
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Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 13:15-34 |
ISSN: | 1547-0660 1057-3321 |
DOI: | 10.1300/j092v13n01_03 |
Popis: | Background: Unexplained prolonged fatigue (UPF) is one of the most common complaints in primary care. UPF is difficult to manage because of its nonspecific nature and unknown mechanism. UPF frequently frustrates health care professionals and has negative impacts on the physician-patient relationship. Although it is nonfatal, fatigue-associated functional impairments and economic consequences are substantial, negatively impacting patients' quality of life.Objectives: To evaluate current knowledge development of UPF and to help focus the direction of future investigations.Methods: A literature review was undertaken with the MEDLINE databases chosen as the primary electronic resources to retrieve the literature.Results: Current understanding of UPF is limited. Lack of consistent scientific language is a major problem. There is no consensus about the case definition of UPF even for the most widely studied chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Various sets of classification have been developed, each with sim... |
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