Disease Management Clinical Decisions

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Release Date: September 19, 2011
Expiration Date: September 19, 2014

Estimated Time of Completion: 15 minutes

Description

Each lesson within the Disease Management Clinical Decisions series includes an interactive case and an evaluation.

Throughout the interactive case-based lesson, you may proceed to the next question once you answer each question correctly. In addition to allowing you to proceed, the correct answer also reveals the rationale for the answer.

Upon completing the CME activity, the evaluation and registration forms, you will have an opportunity to print your CME certificate for your records.

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the presenting features of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
2. Discuss the myths surrounding the syndrome.
3. Describe the management of CFS.
4. Discuss the prognosis of CFS.

Target Audience

Directed to primary care physicians including family practitioners and internists.

Accreditation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.

Activity Director

Kenneth Goodman, MD
Department of Family Medicine
Associate Director, Research and Development - Center for Continuing Medical Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Authors / Faculty

Cassandra Calabrese, DO
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Leonard Calabrese, DO
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
of Case Western Reserve University
Vice Chairman
Department of Rheumatic & Immunologic Diseases
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology
Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Disclosure

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty has indicated that he may have a relationship, which in the context of his presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

The following faculty have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Kenneth Goodman, MD
Cassandra Calabrese, DO

This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education.

CME Disclaimer

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.