HLTB15H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Case Series, Case Report, Mortality Rate
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Objective: to describe a group of individuals with a disease. Case series: describes a group of individuals with the same disease or who have undergone the same procedure. Can only be written and disseminated when a researcher has access to an appropriate source of cases and when there is a compelling reason to write about those cases. Defining the characteristics of and similarities among a group of individuals with the same signs and/or symptoms of disease. Identifying new syndromes and refining new case definitions. Describing atypical presentations of a disease or unusual complications from a treatment. A researcher conducting a case series must select : one disease of interest, determine what will be new and interesting about the study. Identify an appropriate and available source of cases. Next step: establish a clear case definition: that spells out inclusion and exclusion criteria. Icd codes {diagnoses based on the international classification of diseases] can be helpful.
