title: Orthostatic tolerance testing in a prospective cohort of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome and recovered controls following infectious mononucleosis.
abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex condition responsible for marked functional impairment. The authors recently reported that 6 months following acute infectious mononucleosis (IM), 13%, of adolescents met criteria for CFS. The authors' objective was to assess standing orthostatic tolerance (SOT) in adolescents with CFS and in controls 6 months following IM. In all, 36 of 39 adolescents diagnosed with CFS 6 months following IM and 43 of 50 recovered controls had SOT testing (SOTT) performed. χ(2) Analysis was performed to study the relationships between SOTT and the diagnosis of CFS. Adolescents diagnosed with CFS and recovered controls did not differ significantly in age, weight, or body mass index. The authors found that 9 of 36 adolescents with CFS (25%) versus 9 of 43 recovered controls (21%) had an abnormal SOTT, which was not a statistically significant difference. Adolescents who meet criteria for CFS 6 months following IM do not have, as a group, more standing orthostatic intolerance than recovered controls.
authors: Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. bkatz@northwestern.edu
authors: Ben Z
authors: BZ
authors: Katz
authors: Julian M
authors: JM
authors: Stewart
authors: Yukiko
authors: Y
authors: Shiraishi
authors: Cynthia J
authors: CJ
authors: Mears
authors: Renee
authors: R
authors: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D054971:Orthostatic Intolerance / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies