Assessment & Management of PASC
Many of the following resources reflect guidance on how to approach the assessment and care management of ME/CFS, which will assist in supporting patients with other post-viral syndromes such as Long-COVID (PASC).
- AAPM&R: Long COVID (PASC) Guidance
- AAPM&R: Assessment & Treatment of Fatigue in PASC
- AAPM&R: Assessment and treatment of cardiovascular complications in PASC
- AAPM&R: Multi-disciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) in children and adolescents
Criteria-Specific Guidance
- Orthostatic Intolerance (basics, symptoms, interventions)
- Assessing Orthostatic Intolerance: 10-Minute NASA Lean Test (provider instructions)
- Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS): video, slides
- Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM)/Post-Exertional Symptom Exacerbation (PESE)
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- Teach Pacing!!
- ME/CFS Crash Survial Guidebook
- Workwell Foundation: PEM Patient Handout
- Frontiers in Neurology: Characterization of post-exertional malaise in patients with ME/CFS
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Additional Resources
Learning from other post-viral syndromes
- Mayo Clinic Proceedings: ME/CFS: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management
- US ME/CFS Clinician Coalition: Testing Recommendations for Suspected ME/CFS
- BHC: Assessing & Managing Aspects of ME/CFS
- Caring for People with Severe ME/CFS (letter to providers)
- Healthcare: Caring for the Patient with Severe or Very Severe Myalgic/Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career - the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.