Section | Topic | Met or Unmet |
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General | Novelty | |
Patient consent | ||
Ethical practice as per standard of care | ||
Title | Truly describes the core message of the case. Includes the phrase “a case report.” | |
Abstract | Incorporates the core key message with necessary detail in a concise manner. | |
Key words | Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) keywords, core message included | |
Introduction | Emphasizes need of publication by novelty of the case or the specific adverse event. | |
Case description | Appropriate details of the case, including demography, assessment, findings, investigations and so on. Mentions intervention in detail or describes the dose, timing, and route of drugs. | |
Discussion | Emphasizes why the case is important to medicine. Adequate literature review pertinent to the case. Mentions the limitations related to the case. | |
Conclusion | Implication of case with a core key message. | |
Recommendation | Reject/minor revision/major revision/accept as submitted |