Recognizing Pediatric CFS in the Primary Care Practice: A Practicing Clinician's Approach.

Pediatricians and primary care physicians may be uncomfortable diagnosing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in children because a good diagnostic tool has not been available. Deferring a diagnosis, however, may lead to apprehension, over-utilization of medical resources in a search for validity, a delay in treatment, and possibly inappropriate coping techniques. This case-based article discusses symptoms and signs seen in adolescent patients with CFS, evaluation of suspect cases, and both current and future diagnostic case definitions. doi:10.1300/J092v13n02_06 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]