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=== Different diagnostic criteria used worldwide === ==== Currently used ==== <div style="column-count:2;"> *[[Canadian Consensus Criteria]] (CCC) *[[Fukuda criteria]] (Sometimes referred to as CDC Criteria) *[[International Consensus Criteria]] (ICC) *[[Oxford criteria]] *[[Reeves criteria]] (Sometimes called [[Empirical definition]]) *[[SEID]] or IOM 2015 (Used by CDC on their [https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/healthcare-providers/diagnosis/iom-2015-diagnostic-criteria.html ME/CFS Diagnostic Criteria for Healthcare providers] page.)<ref name="niceng206"/> </div> ==== Currently not in use ==== <div style="column-count:2;"> *[[Oxford definition]] *[[Holmes criteria]] *[[London criteria]] *[[Nightingale definition]] *[[NIOF]] *[[Ramsay definition]] </div> The different criteria used from one doctor to another and researcher to researcher results in confusion for doctors trying to diagnose, poor research and discord between patients, medical professionals, and charitable organizations. Adding to the confusion is a clinical criteria will at times be used in research and a research criteria used by a clinician to diagnose. Many US researchers will use Fukuda (using the PEM "option") and CCC in a single research project.<ref>[http://www.meaction.net/2016/03/18/study-says-scientists-must-agree-on-classifying-patients/ Study says scientists must agree on classifying patients - By: Sasha Nimmo - #MEAction]</ref> The [[NIH Post-Infectious ME/CFS Study]] will be using four: SEID, Fukuda, CCC and Reeves.<ref>[http://www.meaction.net/2016/02/09/positive-answers-to-initial-questions-re-nih-clinical-center-protocol/#comment-2067 Positive Answers to Initial Questions re NIH Clinical Center Protocol - #MEAction - Comments Section - "Polly"]</ref> The ME/CFS community wanted to participate in this study's design.<ref>[https://my.meaction.net/petitions/nih-put-me-cfs-patients-at-heart-of-research-design-process NIH: Put ME/CFS patients at heart of research design process - Petition - #MEAction]</ref><ref>[https://my.meaction.net/petitions/keep-psychiatry-out-of-nih-study-on-me-cfs PETITION - Keep Psychiatry Out of NIH Study on ME/CFS - #MEAction - By: Mary Schweitzer]</ref>
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