Writing Case Reports: A Practical Guide from Conception through Publication

by Clifford D. Packer, Gabrielle N. Berger, Somnath Mookherjee

Overview

This book provides medical students and physicians with a practical, step-by-step guide on how to write and publish a medical case report. The case report is the traditional way for physicians to describe their unique or unusual cases to a broad audience and it plays an important role in the discovery of new diseases or syndromes, unusual manifestations of disease, important adverse drug reactions, and the generation of hypotheses for further study. This book guides readers through the process from choosing a case to report on to finding a publisher and then comment on future directions and potential new uses of case reports, including expanded computer case databases to optimize care for individual patients and new applications in medical education. Interspersed throughout the text are example case reports, many written by the authors, with commentary on their experiences working with those reports to provide context and aid readers in creating clear, concise, and useful case reports.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319418988
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	11/04/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2017
Pages:	195
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clifford D. Packer, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.,

Cleveland, OH

Somnath Mookherjee, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Washington School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine

Seattle, WA USA

Gabrielle N. Berger, MD

Clinical Instructor

University of Washington School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine

Seattle, WA USA

Table of Contents

Introduction.- The Historical Tradition of Case Reporting.- The Educational Value of Case Reports.- Practical Benefits of Case Reporting.- Is My Case Good Enough?.- How to Get Started.- How to Write a Traditional Case Report.- Special Considerations.- How to Write a Clinical Vignette Abstract.- How to Write a Clinical Problem Solving Manuscript.- Submitting a Case Report Manuscript.- The View from the Journal.- It's Published!.- The Future of Case Reports

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Vincent F Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Description: In a medical world seemingly locked into double-blinded random studies, case reports still have a valuable place in medical research. This book describes how to write a case report and get it published.
Purpose: The purpose is to help novice observers, whether resident physicians or attendings, organize their thoughts and compose the story and its importance for submission. The editors and contributors are experienced clinicians and educators whose mentoring is clear.
Audience: This is a worthwhile guide for anyone who has followed an interesting case and who feels that it would be important to share with other clinicians and perhaps be a catalyst for future research.
Features: The book consists of 14 well-researched and annotated chapters. The beginning chapters discuss the historical value and the educational benefit of case reports and moves into the mental process of putting the facts together, drafting the case report, and researching the supporting literature. Finally, it discusses actually submitting the manuscript for publication. There are many figures to show how to organize the data, and many references.
Assessment: As there are many opportunities for case reporting, particularly for medical students and resident physicians, this book is a tremendous asset to help mentor novices and guide them through some of the pitfalls they might not foresee.

Doody's Review Service

This book describes how to write a case report and get it published. … This is a worthwhile guide for anyone who has followed an interesting case and who feels that it would be important to share with other clinicians and perhaps be a catalyst for future research. … this book is a tremendous asset to help mentor novices and guide them through some of the pitfalls they might not foresee.” (Vincent F. Carr, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2017)

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