Fatigue - Etiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Factors related to fatigue in women and men with early rheumatoid arthritis: the Swedish TIRA study.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To study whether there are differences between women and men with regard to the reported level of fatigue, to explore the strength of the relations between fatigue and disease activity, pain, sleep disturbance, mental health, and activity ... Read more...

Syndrome of the trephined.

29 Sep 2009 "Syndrome of the trephined" or "sinking skin flap syndrome" is an unusual syndrome in which neurological deterioration occurs following removal of a large skull bone flap. The neurological status of the patient can occasionally be strongly related ... Read more...

Health, mortality, and wellness issues in adults with cerebral palsy.

29 Sep 2009 For many years, children with cerebral palsy (CP) and their parents have been told that health and functional status stabilize by early adulthood. However, adults with CP report ongoing health conditions and aging and secondary conditions that are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fatigue - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Factors related to fatigue in women and men with early rheumatoid arthritis: the Swedish TIRA study. 30 Oct 2009
• Syndrome of the trephined. 29 Sep 2009
• Health, mortality, and wellness issues in adults with cerebral palsy. 29 Sep 2009
• [Pharmaceutical treatment of cancer-associated fatigue--a survey of a Cochrane review] 19 Sep 2009
• [After vacation suddenly listless, irritable and fatigued. Cave: holiday syndrome] 15 Sep 2009
• Disease activity and damage are not associated with increased levels of fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus patients from a multiethnic cohort: LXVII. 13 Sep 2009
• Is there a need for long-term follow-up in chronic idiopathic polyneuropathy? 8 Sep 2009
• [Weight loss, fatigue, night sweats--tuberculosis might be the reason] 8 Sep 2009
• Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 28-2009. A 68-year-old man with fatigue, cough, and peripheral-blood monocytosis. 8 Sep 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
• Fatigue in sarcoidosis: a systematic review. 30 Aug 2009
• A 4-week home-based aerobic and resistance exercise program during radiation therapy: a pilot randomized clinical trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Fatigue with systolic heart failure. 30 Aug 2009
• Experiencing painful osteoarthritis: what have we learned from listening? 30 Aug 2009
• "An evil heritage": interview study of pain and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Serum anti-mitochondrial antibodies and fatigue in primary biliary cirrhosis. 30 Aug 2009
• Use of the concordance correlation coefficient when examining agreement in dyadic research. 30 Aug 2009
• Symptom clusters in fibromyalgia: potential utility in patient assessment and treatment evaluation. 30 Aug 2009
• Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer and cognitive impairment. 30 Aug 2009
• Carnitine plasma levels and fatigue in children/adolescents receiving cisplatin, ifosfamide, or doxorubicin. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Fatigue'

Definition: The state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli.

Descriptor UI: D005221

Alternative terms: Fatigue; Lassitude;

Related Mesh Headings: Asthenia;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.369;

Technical Notes: do not use for fatigue of isolated muscle fibers in physiol exper ( = MUSCLE FATIGUE)