Reasons to Keep "Case Reports" Alive

“Case reports and case series may be the ‘lowest’ or the ‘weakest’ level of evidence, but they often remain the ‘first line of evidence’ and is where everything begins”, and maybe a starting point for hypothesis-testing research. Maybe, the CR peer-review would be restricted to a specific group of A...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular 2020-01, Vol.35 (1), p.VI-VII
Main Authors: Evora, Paulo Roberto B, Braile, Domingo M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case reports
Case-Control Studies
Heart surgery
Humans
Pharmaceutical industry
Thoracic surgery
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Summary:“Case reports and case series may be the ‘lowest’ or the ‘weakest’ level of evidence, but they often remain the ‘first line of evidence’ and is where everything begins”, and maybe a starting point for hypothesis-testing research. Maybe, the CR peer-review would be restricted to a specific group of Associate Editors, trying to get some criteria uniformity as suggested by the CARE Guidelines6,7. Relative citation impact of various study designs in the health sciences.
ISSN:1678-9741
0102-7638
1678-9741
DOI:10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0602