From: Instructions to authors for case reporting are limited: A review of a core journal list
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• Should facilitate retrieval with electronic searching. |
Introduction |
• Describe whether the case is unique. If not, does the case have an unusual diagnosis, prognosis, therapy or harm? |
• Describe how the case contributes to scientific knowledge. |
• Describe the instructive or teaching points that add value to this case. |
Methods and Results |
• Describe the history, examination and investigations adequately. Is the cause of the patient's illness clear-cut? What are other plausible explanations? |
• Describe the treatments adequately. Have all available therapeutic options been considered? Are outcomes related to treatments? |
Discussion |
• Report a literature review of other similar cases. Describe how is this case different. |
• Explain the rationale for reporting the case. What is unusual about the case? Does it challenge prevailing wisdom? |
• In the future, could things be done differently in a similar case? |