the use of operant methods to evaluate interventions for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...

Myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Sir, Apparently 'sterile' pyuria defined as the presence of more than 10 white cells MI-' of uncentrifuged urine with no growth on a primary isolation medium after overnight aerobic incubation is not an uncommon finding in children. Little attention has been paid to its significance and many laboratories no longer undertake urine microscopy, regarding culture as the only relevant test for infec...

Patients with a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Guidelines for Doctors

For those of us who are involved in the care of patients with this condition, the recorded work of Biorn Signurdsson (1913-1953) in connection with the Akureyn outbreak in Iceland which affected over 1000 patients, both children and adults was repeated by Melvin Ramsay when he was involved in the outbreak in his hospital which became known as the "Royal Free Disease" but defined by him as Myalg...

Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Ten patients in whom the clinical findings were consistent with the syndrome variously described as 'benign myalgic encephalomyelitis', 'epidemic neuromyasthenia', 'Royal Free disease' and 'Icelandic disease' were investigated for blood levels of myoglobin and various enzymes. Although there is no clinical resemblance between the two diseases, the biochemical pattern bears a close similarity to...

Interventions for the treatment and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.

This article summarises the research evidence presented in a recent issue of Effective Health Care on interventions for the treatment and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). It provides an overview of the evidence from a systematic review of randomised controlled trials commissioned by the Department of Health. The results of the systematic review were fo...