Clinical Case Reporting in Evidence-based Medicine

There is some truth in the saying that 'any patient is a potential case report': it is important, however, to know which patient to choose and how to prepare the report to best effect. Until now, the place of clinical case reports in the evidence-based medicine movement has been uncertain, butin this book the author shows the reader- how to choose relevant clinical cases worthy of reporting- how to report these cases in a clear, structured manner- how to prepare clinical case series reports- how to prepare reports that meet the requirements of medical journals- how to prepare reportsthat make valuable contributions to the chain of evidence in evidence-based medicine. Good clinical reports and case series must link together several elements of clinical epidemiology, clinimetrics, qualitative research principles and methods for gathering information on individual clinicalsituations. These foundations are explained here in theory and then applied to an annotated practical example. A glossary and bibliography are also included. The result is a significant addition to the literature on evidence-based medicine.