fibromyalgia and guidelines Archives

Abstract Number: 918 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Assessment of the Temporal Variation of the Fibromyalgia Patient Profile Between 2005 and 2013: Do Guidelines Inform Clinical Care?
Angeliki Karellis^1,2, Emmanouil Rampakakis¹, Peter A. Ste-Marie³, Yoram Shir³, John S. Sampalis^1,4 and Mary-Ann Fitzcharles^3,5, ¹JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, ²Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: In the last decade, interest in fibromyalgia (FM) has increased with the publication of revised diagnostic criteria and clinical guidelines. The 2010 and revised…
Abstract Number: 838 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Recommendations for the Classification and Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Syndrome Provided By Independently Developed Evidence-Based Interdisciplinary Guidelines Spanning Three Continents
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles¹, Yoram Shir², Jacob N. Ablin³, Dan Buskila⁴, Howard Amital⁵, Peter Henningsen⁶ and Winfried Häuser⁷, ¹Rheumatology & Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, ⁵Department of Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-hashomer, Israel, ⁶Department Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany, ⁷Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM), often disputed and challenged, has emerged as a clear cluster of symptoms and co-morbidities, characterized by subjective complaints without physical or biomarker…
Abstract Number: 118 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
The Controversies and Points Of Debate That Remain a Challenge For Fibromyalgia Care
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles¹, Peter A. Ste-Marie², Don L. Goldenberg³, John X. Pereira⁴, Susan Abbey⁵, Manon Choinière⁶, Gordon Ko⁷, Dwight E. Moulin⁸, Pantelis Panopalis⁹, Johanne Proulx¹⁰ and Yoram Shir², ¹Rheumatology & Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Newton-Wellesley Hosp, Newton, MA, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁹Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Patient Representative, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) continues to present challenges for the health care community, with perceptions of disease and attitudes of physicians being highly polarized. Neurophysiologic studies…

Abstracts tagged "fibromyalgia and guidelines"

Assessment of the Temporal Variation of the Fibromyalgia Patient Profile Between 2005 and 2013: Do Guidelines Inform Clinical Care?

Recommendations for the Classification and Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Syndrome Provided By Independently Developed Evidence-Based Interdisciplinary Guidelines Spanning Three Continents

The Controversies and Points Of Debate That Remain a Challenge For Fibromyalgia Care