ReviewIrish journal of medical science2011
The case for the case report: refine to save.
Review in Irish journal of medical science, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Protocol for developing the reporting guidelines for radiological case reports: Case Report for Radiology statement.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Case reports: undeniable value.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2020Article
- The mystery of the COVID toes - turning evidence-based medicine on its head.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2020Article
- Reasons to Keep "Case Reports" Alive.Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery · 2020Article
- Tips for writing a case report for the novice author.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2013Article
- A case for case reports-And a new publishing platform for clinical mycology.Medical mycology case reports · 2012Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionThe case report is the cornerstone of both medical teaching and writing. However, during recent years the value of the case report has been questioned, so much so that it has been abandoned by many journals. The aim of this study was to assess case reports published by the Irish Journal of Medical Science (IJMS) and to examine ways to preserve this type of article.
methodsA review of all single-patient case reports published in the IJMS in 2008 and 2009.
resultsForty-eight cases were published from nine countries. The range of authors was 2-11, length 525-1,787 words and number of references 4-24. All cases contained abstracts.
conclusionStricter guidelines with regards to a shorter more focused article should help to preserve this form of publication.
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Identifiers
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.