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  1. Dx Revision Watch
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    WHO releases clinical case definition for post #COVID19 condition or ‘#LongCovid’ in children and adolescents

    [MEDIA]
    Thread by: Dx Revision Watch, Feb 17, 2023, 5 replies, in forum: Long Covid news
  2. Kiristar
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    Can I change my GP record terminology (UK)?

    I got my patient summary today and rather depressingly it states I have "chronic fatigue syndrome" (xa01f). Which the more I learn about the...
    Thread by: Kiristar, Oct 11, 2022, 10 replies, in forum: Diagnostic Criteria and Naming Discussions
  3. Cheshire
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    WHO Clinical management of COVID-19 patients: living guideline

    Chapter on care of long Covid 24. Care of COVID-19 patients after acute illness New evidence is emerging about COVID-19 related persistent...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Sep 15, 2022, 13 replies, in forum: Long Covid news
  4. rvallee
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    WHO: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition by a Delphi consensus

    See also this thread: International: World Health Organization News (news relevant to ME/CFS, Long Covid and related conditions) ____________...
    Thread by: rvallee, Oct 6, 2021, 16 replies, in forum: Long Covid news
  5. Dx Revision Watch
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    The WHO has approved my proposal for removal of "Benign" from "Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis" for ICD-11

    Yesterday, the WHO approved my February 2020 proposal for removal of "Benign" from "Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis" for ICD-11. See thread:...
    Thread by: Dx Revision Watch, Nov 14, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Disease coding
  6. Andy
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    WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)

    WHODAS 2.0 is: A generic assessment instrument for health and disability A tool to produce standardized disability levels and profiles Applicable...
    Thread by: Andy, Oct 11, 2020, 13 replies, in forum: Subjective outcome measures (questionnaires)
  7. Simon M
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    International: World Health Organization News (news relevant to ME/CFS, Long Covid and related conditions)

    Moderator note. This post has been copied and following posts moved from this thread: Possibility of ME or PVFS after Covid-19 If only we had the...
    Thread by: Simon M, Aug 22, 2020, 130 replies, in forum: News from organisations
  8. Andy
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    Preliminary ICF core set for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in rehabilitation medicine, 2020, Ekholm et al

    Objective: To create and evaluate a preliminary ICF Core Set for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome using a team-based approach....
    Thread by: Andy, Jun 4, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  9. Dx Revision Watch
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    WHO approves addition of Exclusions for PVFS, BME, CFS under Bodily distress disorder

    Please see important update, today, in the thread: Updates on status of ICD-11 and changes to other classification and terminology systems...
    Thread by: Dx Revision Watch, Jan 19, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Disease coding
  10. Sly Saint
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    WHO retracts opioid guidelines after accepting that industry had an influence: Jan 2020

    The World Health Organization has formally retracted its two main guidelines on the use of opioids for pain control, after its own review lent...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jan 12, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  11. Sly Saint
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    Article: Canada - After long-awaited recognition, research begins in earnest around chronic fatigue | CBC News Oct 2019

    A network of Canadian scientists is trying to make up for lost time in the search for a standard diagnostic test and treatment for a debilitating,...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Oct 23, 2019, 23 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research news
  12. Sly Saint
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    The WHO ICD in relation to M.E. and ‘CFS’ (up to 2009)

    I have been trying to get a better understanding of the development of the WHO ICD codes in relation to ME and CFS and although I haven't read it...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Oct 16, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Disease coding
  13. Sly Saint
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    Cochrane-WHO collaboration on qualitative evidence syntheses in guidelines showcased in new articles

    A series of papers highlighting innovative work carried out by the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group and the World Health...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 16, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  14. Patient4Life
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    World Health Organization (WHO) ME as Neurological Reference (1969)

    International Classification of Diseases. I World Health Organization. 1969. pp. 158, (vol 2, pp. 173).
    Thread by: Patient4Life, Apr 13, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Diagnostic Criteria and Naming Discussions
  15. Sly Saint
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    WHO Endorses Traditional Chinese Medicine. Expect Deaths To Rise

    Article by Steven Salzberg "A few days ago, a news story in the journal Nature reported that the World Health Organization, which is supposed to...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Oct 17, 2018, 21 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  16. Melanie
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    ICD-11 Fibromyalgia - MG30.01 Chronic widespread pain

    ICD-11 Fibromyalgia - MG30.01 Chronic widespread pain MG30.01 Chronic widespread pain Parent MG30.0 Chronic primary pain Show all ancestors...
    Thread by: Melanie, Jul 21, 2018, 58 replies, in forum: Disease coding
  17. Sly Saint
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    New Guidelines from WHO on AEFI Put Children’s Life At Risk

    " 06 July 2018 Two leading paediatricians in India have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to urgently revise its manual on classification...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jul 11, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  18. Indigophoton
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    Health care is an essential human right – and so is a proper diagnosis

    Health is a human right. And yet, the sad reality is that, 40 years after the Alma Ata declaration pledging “Health For All,” half the world is...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, May 17, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  19. Dx Revision Watch
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    Updates on status of ICD-11 and changes to other classification and terminology systems

    Updates on status of ICD-11 and changes to other classification and terminology systems I've created this thread specifically for reporting on...
    Thread by: Dx Revision Watch, May 4, 2018, 742 replies, in forum: Disease coding
  20. Andy
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    World ME Alliance, was previously IAFME: International Alliance for ME

    Merged thread Our international advocacy work will be done from Geneva, Switzerland, where key international organisations are based. We are...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 15, 2018, 249 replies, in forum: News from organisations
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