Nazir Noor, Ivan Urits, Arielle Degueure, Lauren Rando, Vijay Kata, Elyse M Cornett, Alan D Kaye, Farnad Imani, Mahnaz Narimani-Zamanabadi, Giustino Varrassi, Omar Viswanath
This is a comprehensive literature review of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). We provide a description of the background, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management regarding CFS. CFS is a multifaceted illness that has many symptoms and a wide array of clinical presentations. As of recent, CFS has been merged with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). Much of the difficulty in its management has stemmed from a lack of a concrete understanding of its etiology and pathogenesis. There is a potential association between dysfunction of the autoimmune, neuroendocrine, or autonomic nervous systems and the development of CFS...
June 2021: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine