A Comprehensive Report of German Nationwide Inpatient Data on the Post-COVID-19 Syndrome Including Annual Direct Healthcare Costs by Nike Walter, Markus Rupp, Siegmund Lang, Beate Leinberger, Volker Alt, Thilo Hinterberger, Thomas Loew

“…The most common concomitant diagnoses included pneumonia, critical illness polyneuropathy, dyspnea, chronic fatigue syndrome, and pulmonary embolisms. The most frequently performed procedures were computed tomography of the thorax with contrast medium, whole-body plethysmography, and the monitoring of respiration, heart, and circulation. …”
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Pushing the envelope: Immune mechanism and application landscape of macrophage-activating lipopeptide-2 by Daoyong Liao, Xiaoling Su, Jingyun Wang, Jianwei Yu, Haodang Luo, Haodang Luo, Wei Tian, Zufeng Ye, Jun He

“…Mycoplasma fermentans can cause respiratory diseases, arthritis, genitourinary tract infections, and chronic fatigue syndrome and have been linked to the development of the human immunodeficiency virus. …”
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Protocol of the Long-COVID Patients Causal Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Randomized Feasibility Controlled Trial in Patients with Dysautonomia: The LoCoDiRe-Dys Study by Dimitrios Spaggoulakis, Antonios Kontaxakis, Andreas Asimakos, Stavroula Spetsioti, Archontoula Antonoglou, Pantelis Gounopoulos, Martha Katsarou, Helen Iasonidou, Stergios-Stylianos Gatzonis, Paraskevi Katsaounou

“…Dysautonomia in the post-COVID-19 condition appears to affect a significant number of patients, with reports raising the incidence up to 61%, having an overlap with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Quality of life and daily function are significantly impacted and conservative management interventions, despite the lack of high-quality evidence to date, are needed to ameliorate disability. …”
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Urine Metabolite Analysis to Identify Pathomechanisms of Long COVID: A Pilot Study by Maja Taenzer, Judith Löffler-Ragg, Andrea Schroll, Pablo Monfort-Lanzas, Sabine Engl, Günter Weiss, Natascha Brigo, Katharina Kurz

“…Aim: As routine tests are often inconspicuous in patients with Long COVID (LC), similarly to patients suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), accessible biomarkers indicating dysregulation of specific pathways are urgently needed to identify underlying pathomechanisms and enable personalized medicine treatment. …”
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Medical School Education on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis by Nina Muirhead, John Muirhead, Grace Lavery, Ben Marsh

“…<i>Background and objectives:</i> Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex multi-system disease with a significant impact on the quality of life of patients and their families, yet the majority of ME/CFS patients go unrecognised or undiagnosed. …”
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A prospective study in hepatitis C virus treatment-naïve patients showing rheumatologic extra-hepatic manifestations of hepatitis C with associated risk factors: efficacy and safet... by Hanan M. Fathi, Wafaa Y. Abdel Wahed, Ahmad A. Gomaa, Essam A. Hassan, Hanaa M. Eid, Fadwa Abdel Reheem, Soha H. Senara

“…Results Common observed rheumatologic manifestations were fibromyalgia (74.5%), arthralgia (73.5%), Raynaud’s phenomenon (54.9%), peripheral neuropathy (29.4%),chronic fatigue syndrome and purpura (24.5%), arthritis (16.7%), Sicca symptoms and skin ulcers (9.8%), and vasculitic CNS involvement (5.9%), mostly seen in females. …”
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Pathogenic mechanisms of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) by Zaki A Sherif, Christian R Gomez, Thomas J Connors, Timothy J Henrich, William Brian Reeves, RECOVER Mechanistic Pathway Task Force

“…Comparisons between PASC and other virus-initiated chronic syndromes such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome will be addressed. …”
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A comparison of health-related factors between patients diagnosed with ME/CFS and patients with a related symptom picture but no ME/CFS diagnosis: a cross-sectional exploratory stu... by Gabriella Bernhoff, Eva Rasmussen-Barr, Lina Bunketorp Käll

“…Abstract Background In chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), the capacity for activity and participation is strongly limited. …”
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A rapid review and expert identification of the Allied Health Professions’ interventions as a contribution to public health outcomes by S. Fowler Davis, L. Farndon, D. Harrop, L. Nield, J. Manson, J. Lawrence, S. Tang, Sue Pownall, Jennifer Elliott, Laura Charlesworth, L. Hindle

“…AHP interventions were effective for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Osteoarthritis and specifically used to manage musculoskeletal conditions (e.g. frozen shoulder). …”
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Cognitive–behavioural therapy combined with music therapy for chronic fatigue following Epstein-Barr virus infection in adolescents: a feasibility study by Tarjei Tørre Asprusten, Eva Skovlund, Vegard Bruun Wyller, Maria Pedersen, Sadaf Malik, Julie Mangersnes, Gro Trondalen, Betty van Roy

“…​BackgroundCognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective in chronic fatigue syndrome. However, CBT has not been investigated in postinfectious chronic fatigue (CF), nor is it known whether addition of therapeutic elements from other disciplines might be feasible. …”
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Magnesium in cellular energetics by Willcocks, J, Willcocks, James Peter

“…Further work determined blood pH and [Mg²⁺]_free for several clinical conditions including sickle cell anaemia, pre-eclampsia, hypoxia, patients with sub-arachnoid haemorrhage and chronic fatigue syndrome. This Thesis has demonstrated the potential of this new technique to evaluate the importance of [Mg²⁺]_free in the regulation of metabolite concentration and metabolic function, and to elucidate some of the properties of magnesium transport across the erythrocyte cell membrane.…”

Classification of surface EMG signals for early signs of prolonged fatigue by Jamaluddin, Nurul Fauzani

“…This condition needs to be managed accordingly to avoid chronic fatigue syndrome. Currently, the non-invasive assessment in identifying PF are training log record, questionnaire and Borg scale. …”
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Hemodynamics during the 10-minute NASA Lean Test: evidence of circulatory decompensation in a subset of ME/CFS patients by Jihyun Lee, Suzanne D. Vernon, Patricia Jeys, Weam Ali, Andrea Campos, Derya Unutmaz, Brayden Yellman, Lucinda Bateman

“…There is substantial comorbidity of OI in ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). The 10-minute NASA Lean Test (NLT) is a simple, point-of-care method that can aid ME/CFS diagnosis and guide management and treatment of OI. …”
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From Neuroimaging to Computational Modeling of Burnout: The Traditional versus the Fuzzy Approach—A Review by Emilia Mikołajewska, Piotr Prokopowicz, YeeKong Chow, Jolanta Masiak, Dariusz Mikołajewski, Grzegorz Marcin Wójcik, Brian Wallace, Andy R. Eugene, Marcin Olajossy

“…There is also a need to identify mechanisms and clinical indicators of chronic fatigue syndrome, stress, burnout, and natural cognitive changes associated with, for example, ageing, in order to introduce more effective differential diagnosis and screening.…”
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Building-related illness (BRI) in all family members caused by mold infestation after dampness damage of the building by Kramer, Axel, Wichelhaus, Thomas A., Kempf, Volkhard, Hogardt, Michael, Zacharowski, Kai

“…The mother developed a much more severe course as chronic fatigue syndrome. Additionally, the following continuous complaints occurred: sore throat and headache, nocturnal irritable cough, chronic rhinitis, difficulty concentrating, increasing forgetfulness and word-finding disorders, cognitive impairment with reduced short-term memory, extremely dry eyes with red sclerae, morning stiffness, dyspnea, disturbed temperature regulation (chills), increased feeling of thirst, and menstrual disorders. …”
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The effect of supplementation of Lactobacillus paracasei HII01 on salivary cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) levels by Ekasit Lalitsuradej, Bhagavathi Sundaram Sivamaruthi, Sasithorn Sirilun, Phakkharawat Sittiprapaporn, Sartjin Peerajan, Chaiyavat Chaiyasut

“…Background of the study: Fatigue is one of the serious health issues, and stress is the main factor that induces chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The dysregulation of stress management pathway may account for the development of CFS. …”
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Observational Study of Repeat Immunoadsorption (RIA) in Post-COVID ME/CFS Patients with Elevated ß2-Adrenergic Receptor Autoantibodies—An Interim Report by Elisa Stein, Cornelia Heindrich, Kirsten Wittke, Claudia Kedor, Laura Kim, Helma Freitag, Anne Krüger, Markus Tölle, Carmen Scheibenbogen

“…There is increasing evidence for an autoimmune aetiology in post-infectious Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). SARS-CoV-2 has now become the main trigger for ME/CFS. …”
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The Development of a Consistent Europe-Wide Approach to Investigating the Economic Impact of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS): A Report from the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROM... by Derek F.H. Pheby, Diana Araja, Uldis Berkis, Elenka Brenna, John Cullinan, Jean-Dominique de Korwin, Lara Gitto, Dyfrig A Hughes, Rachael M Hunter, Dominic Trepel, Xia Wang-Steverding

“…We have developed a Europe-wide approach to investigating the economic impact of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), facilitating acquisition of information on the economic burden of ME/CFS, and international comparisons of economic costs between countries. …”
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Skeletal muscle alterations in patients with acute Covid‐19 and post‐acute sequelae of Covid‐19 by Madu N. Soares, Moritz Eggelbusch, Elie Naddaf, Karin H. L. Gerrits, Marike van derSchaaf, Bram van denBorst, W. Joost Wiersinga, Michele vanVugt, Peter J.M. Weijs, Andrew J. Murray, Rob C.I. Wüst

“…Similarities between skeletal muscle alterations in PASC and chronic fatigue syndrome deserve further study. Both SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific factors and generic consequences of acute disease likely underlie the observed skeletal muscle alterations in both acute Covid‐19 and PASC.…”
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Associations between the gut microbiome and fatigue in cancer patients by Joud Hajjar, Tito Mendoza, Liangliang Zhang, Siqing Fu, Sarina A. Piha-Paul, David S. Hong, Filip Janku, Daniel D. Karp, Alexej Ballhausen, Jing Gong, Abdulrazzak Zarifa, Christine B. Peterson, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Robert Jenq, Aung Naing

“…Changes in the intestinal microbiome have been identified in chronic fatigue syndrome and other neuropsychiatric disorders, and cancer patients. …”
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