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WEB1 day ago — Every year BMJ Case Reports selects authors of global health case reports to join our editorial team as a global health associate editor. This is an opportunity to gain some editorial experience or join our team on research and educational projects.
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WEBAll submissions to BMJ Case Reports require the completion of author statements. Case reports should have a maximum of four authors. One of the co-authors should be the lead clinician responsible for the patient’s care and responsible for the integrity of the content of the case report, signed informed consent and …
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WEBBMJ Case Reports is an important educational resource offering a high volume of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. All articles are peer reviewed and copy edited before publication. BMJ Case Reports is not an edition or supplement of the BMJ.
Mesenteric panniculitis - BMJ Case Reports
WEBBackground Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare and benign acute and chronic inflammatory and fibrotic process that affects predominantly the small and less frequently (20%) the large intestine mesenteric fat.1 2 It may more rarely involve retroperitoneal, pelvic and peripancreatic fat. It is more common in men, with a male-to-female ratio of 2–3:1, and it is more common in Caucasian men.2 As ...
The CARE guidelines: consensus-based clinical case reporting …
WEBA case report is a narrative that describes, for medical, scientific or educational purposes, a medical problem experienced by one or more patients. Case reports written without guidance from reporting standards are insufficiently rigorous to guide clinical practice or to inform clinical study design. Develop, disseminate and implement systematic reporting guidelines for case reports. We used ...
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Low-dose naltrexone as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome
WEBNaltrexone is used as an off-label treatment in low doses for several chronic immune-modulated disorders in many countries. Although only small-scale clinical trials have been performed, these suggest efficacy in several diseases including Crohn’s disease, fibromyalgia and Gulf War Illness. Despite numerous internet reports of response to low-dose naltrexone (LDN), no clinical trials exist ...
Achenbach’s syndrome - BMJ Case Reports
WEBAchenbach’s syndrome, also known as ‘paroxysmal finger haematoma’ is a rare and benign clinical condition of unknown aetiology, which results in the sudden onset of pain and swelling along with bruising, mostly on the palmar aspects of fingers and hands.1–3 Although the most commonly affected anatomical site is the volar aspects of the fingers,4 there are occasional reports involving ...
Emphysematous cystitis: diagnosed only if suspected - BMJ Case …
WEBEC is diagnosed by imaging but is usually underdiagnosed and under-reported.1 Nearly half of the cases in the literature were reported only in the last decade.1 E. coli is the most common culprit but various bacterial and fungal organisms were implicated in pathogenesis.1 Patients with diabetic cystopathy, neurogenic bladder and urinary stasis secondary to urethral stricture or bladder outlet ...
WEBBMJ CASE REPORTS The CARE guidelines: consensus-based clinical case reporting guideline development Joel J Gagnier,1,2 Gunver Kienle,3 Douglas G Altman,4 David Moher,5 Harold Sox,6 David Riley,7 the CARE Group ABSTRACT A case report is a narrative that describes, for