• Kathryn Hoffmann, Astrid Hainzl, Michael Stingl, Katharina Kurz, Beate Biesenbach, Christoph Bammer, Uta Behrends, Wolfgang Broxtermann, Florian Buchmayer, Anna Maria Cavini, Gregory Sacha Fretz, Markus Gole, Bettina Grande, Tilman Grande, Lotte Habermann-Horstmeier, Verena Hackl, Jürg Hamacher, Joachim Hermisson, Martina King, Sonja Kohl, Sandra Leiss, Daniela Litzlbauer, Herbert Renz-Polster, Wolfgang Ries, Jonas Sagelsdorff, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Bernhard Schieffer, Lena Schön, Claudia Schreiner, Kevin Thonhofer, Maja Strasser, Thomas Weber, and Eva Untersmayr.
• Allgemeinmedizin, Public Health und Versorgungsforschung, Abteilung für Primary Care Medicine, Zentrum für Public Health, Medizinische Universität Wien, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090, Wien, Österreich. kathryn.hoffmann@meduniwien.ac.at.
• Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 2024 Aug 1; 136 (Suppl 5): 103123103-123.

AbstractMyalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a severe, chronic multisystemic disease which, depending on its severity, can lead to considerable physical and cognitive impairment, loss of ability to work and the need for nursing care including artificial nutrition and, in very severe cases, even death.The aim of this D-A-CH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) consensus statement is 1) to summarize the current state of knowledge on ME/CFS, 2) to highlight the Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC) as clinical criteria for diagnostics with a focus on the leading symptom post-exertional malaise (PEM) and 3) to provide an overview of current options and possible future developments, particularly with regard to diagnostics and therapy. The D-A-CH consensus statement is intended to support physicians, therapists and valuer in diagnosing patients with suspected ME/CFS by means of adequate anamnesis and clinical-physical examinations as well as the recommended clinical CCC, using the questionnaires and other examination methods presented. The overview of the two pillars of therapy for ME/CFS, pacing and symptom-relieving therapy options, is intended not only to provide orientation for physicians and therapists, but also to support decision-makers from healthcare policy and insurance companies in determining which therapy options should already be reimbursable by them at this point in time for the indication ME/CFS.© 2024. The Author(s).

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