Definition of case report in English English dictionary
A detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient, possibly containing a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describing an unusual or novel occurrence
(Tıp, İlaç) In medicine, a case report is a detailed report of the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient. Case reports may contain a demographic profile of the patient, but usually they describe an unusual or novel occurrence
Usually a retrospective report of a single interventional or observational case experience, often with clinical-pathological correlation
An anecdote To get into the medical literature, a case report typically must convey the message "man bites dog "
Anecdotal evidence A description of a single case typically describing the manifestations, clinical course, and prognosis of that case Due to the wide range of variability in these aspects, a single case report provides little evidence to the clinician They do describe how others << Go Back
This includes single case reports and published case series' These are searchable as a separate category in the MEDLINE database
case report
Hyphenation
case re·port
Turkish pronunciation
keys ripôrt
Pronunciation
/ˈkās rēˈpôrt/ /ˈkeɪs riːˈpɔːrt/
Etymology
[ 'kAs ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English cas, from Old French, from Latin casus fall, chance, from cadere to fall; more at CHANCE.