scholarly journals New journals for publishing medical case reports

2016 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine G. Akers, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Case Reports ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Hierarchy Of Evidence ◽  
Predatory Publishing ◽  
Reputable Journal ◽  
Acceptance Rates ◽  
Based Medicine

Because they do not rank highly in the hierarchy of evidence and are not frequently cited, case reports describing the clinical circumstances of single patients are seldom published by medical journals. However, many clinicians argue that case reports have significant educational value, advance medical knowledge, and complement evidence-based medicine. Over the last several years, a vast number (~160) of new peer-reviewed journals have emerged that focus on publishing case reports. These journals are typically open access and have relatively high acceptance rates. However, approximately half of the publishers of case reports journals engage in questionable or ‘‘predatory’’ publishing practices. Authors of case reports may benefit from greater awareness of these new publication venues as well as an ability to discriminate between reputable and non-reputable journal publishers.

scholarly journals Case reports in the COVID‐19 pandemic: first responders to an emergency in evidence‐based medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
R. Kearsley ◽  
R. Daly Guris ◽  
L. F. Miles ◽  
C. L. Shelton
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Based Medicine

scholarly journals Miasmas, mental models and preventive public health: some philosophical reflections on science in the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Trisha Greenhalgh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Relative Weight ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Hierarchy Of Evidence ◽  
John Snow ◽  
History Of ◽  
Support Policy ◽  
Preventive Public Health ◽  
Based Medicine

When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, it is likely to show that the mental models held by scientists sometimes facilitated their thinking, thereby leading to lives saved, and at other times constrained their thinking, thereby leading to lives lost. This paper explores some competing mental models of how infectious diseases spread and shows how these models influenced the scientific process and the kinds of facts that were generated, legitimized and used to support policy. A central theme in the paper is the relative weight given by dominant scientific voices to probabilistic arguments based on experimental measurements versus mechanistic arguments based on theory. Two examples are explored: the cholera epidemic in nineteenth century London—in which the story of John Snow and the Broad Street pump is retold—and the unfolding of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and early 2021—in which the evidence-based medicine movement and its hierarchy of evidence features prominently. In each case, it is shown that prevailing mental models—which were assumed by some to transcend theory but were actually heavily theory-laden—powerfully shaped both science and policy, with fatal consequences for some.

Komplementäre und alternative Methoden bei Krebs einordnen und bewerten

2017 ◽  
Vol 142 (12) ◽  
pp. 873-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anke Ernst ◽  
Stefanie Klein
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Therapeutic Goals ◽  
Alternative Medicines ◽  
Benefit Risk Assessment ◽  
Alternative Methoden ◽  
Based Medicine

AbstractThere are a vast number of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in oncology. Also patients' needs for information on these methods are growing. Helping patients to classify and evaluate CAM methods is a challenge. The Cancer Information Service at the German Cancer Research Center has developed a benefit-risk-assessment based on evidence-based medicine and individual patient traits: To rate a CAM’s benefit, the scientific evidence and the patient’s therapeutic goals have to be taken into account. To estimate its risks, both, the method itself and the patient’s status of health must be considered.

scholarly journals Absurdity in Medicine. Stanisław Trzebiński’s Philosophy of Medicine

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
Jarosław Barański ◽  
Wojciech Mackiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Philosophy Of Medicine ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
World War ◽  
Medicine And Literature ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Second World

Stanisław Trzebiński (1861–1930), professor at Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, was one of the most distinguished representatives of the Polish School of Philosophy of Medicine before the Second World War. He undertook studies in neurology, philosophy of medicine, and literature. The article explores Trzebiński’s philosophical ideas, especially his call for rationality in medicine and the concept of absurdity in medicine as a precondition for the development of medical knowledge and practice. Today this method is an essential background in Evidence-Based Medicine and confirms cultural and scientific forms of cognition.

scholarly journals Pengantar Evidence-Based Case Reports

Sari Pediatri ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Partini Pudjiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Journal ◽  
British Journal ◽  
Case Report ◽  
British Medical Journal ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Based Medicine

Evidence-based case report (EBCR) merupakan suatu metode penulisan atau pelaporan sebuah kasus atau masalah klinis dengan pendekatan berbasis bukti. Metode atau desain pelaporan kasus EBCR merupakan bentuk aplikasi evidence-based medicine (EBM) yang telah banyak dipublikasikan di jurnal internasional, seperti Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, Evidence-Based Mental Health, British Medical Journal and British Journal of Psychiatry. Naskah EBCR umumnya ditulis secara ringkas dengan jumlah kata maksimum 2500, mengandung 4 ilustrasi (grafik, tabel, foto pasien) dan 24 rujukan atau referens. Sebagai layaknya sebuah laporan kasus, maka EBCR terdiri atas beberapa bagian.a. Pendahuluanb. Kasus atau skenario klinisc. Rumusan masalahd. Metode /strategi penelusuran buktie. Hasil penelusuran buktif. Diskusig. Kesimpulanh. Daftar pustaka

scholarly journals Research in Rehabilitation

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandras Kriščiūnas
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Duration Of Treatment ◽  
Rehabilitation Team ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The World ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Area Of Application

The paper deals with applying principles of evidence-based medicine in performance of research studies in rehabilitation, its requirements for the researchers. It is emphasized that research in rehabilitation is characterized by unique features as its results depend on many factors: medical, social, technical, economical. The significance of qualitative and quantitative investigations is emphasized in the evidence practice. It is shown that evaluation of clinical efficacy of the physical factors is possible when the method and area of application, the power of the factors, dosage, the number of the application sessions per week, and the duration of treatment are known. The purpose of this article was to review scientific research carried out in rehabilitation, and emphasize their significance on the final results of rehabilitation. In 1969 WHO experts defined rehabilitation as “the combined and co-ordinated use of medical, social, educational, and vocational measures for training and re-training the individual to the highest possible level of functional ability”. To achieve this purpose, specialists of rehabilitation team must use scientific methods, technologies, and means. Important decision evaluating after-effects of diseases, traumas and disabilities at bio-psychosocial point of view was made in 2001 by WHO after adaptation of the “International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health”. Definition such as “Evidence-based medicine” is defined as one of most important area of the development of medicine. It outspread quickly in the world of medicine, but now more often was changed to a more comprehensive term as “Evidencebased practice”. Evidence-based practice involves scientific information and information received from patients and their family members. In this way it is possible to get scientific evidence from a vast number of scientific studies from all over the world. Scientific studies in rehabilitation are unique because they depend on many factors: medical, technical, social, and economical. The paper emphasizes the significance of qualitative and quantitative studies in the practice of evidence-based medicine. It should be noted that evaluation of clinical effectiveness of physical factors is explicable when the method and area of application, the power of the factor, dosage, the number of the application sessions per week, and the duration of treatment are known. Evidence-based medicine is important for all rehabilitation specialists and team members. In practice we can prove effectiveness of rehabilitation methods and means by applying principles of evidence-based medicine correctly.Keywords: rehabilitation, evidence-based medicine, research.

scholarly journals Etyczne aspekty farmakoterapii

Etyka ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 147-167
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Szawarski
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Knowledge ◽  
Human Subjects Research ◽  
Practical Syllogism ◽  
The Right ◽  
Based Medicine

Said Paracelsus – “All substances are poisonous; there is none that is not a poison. The right dose distinguishes a poison and a remedy.” Most clinical problems can be boiled down to the following practical syllogism: “If a patient has a condition p, then he should be treated with q, r, or t or whatever combination of them. The patient X has the condition p. Therefore, the patient X should be treated with q, or r, or t, or whatever combination of them.” It is evident that the conclusion of this syllogism is a result of two different kinds of knowledge: first, medical knowledge understood as general and universal knowledge of health, disease and treatment which is contained in standard medical textbooks and which, according to the present fashion, is called evidence based medicine; and second, clinical knowledge which is specific knowledge of a particular patient in terms of his unique narrative identity. (Recently, this kind of knowledge has been named narrative based medicine). Acquisition and application of medical and clinical knowledge are governed by ethical rules. The basic rules of human subjects research ethics are presented and discussed. I conclude that even a perfect evidence based medical knowledge is not enough to make a correct clinical judgment. Because every individual may have a specific reaction to a drug, each treatment is always experimentation on human. One of those rules is respect for moral autonomy of the patient which is reflected in the moral, legal, and clinical doctrine of informed consent; another, the principle of an acceptable risk-benefit balance. Both these principles are examined in the context of psychiatric treatment.

Achieving Evidence-Based Practices in Colorectal Surgery

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Surgery ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hierarchy Of Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based Surgery ◽  
Key Resources ◽  
Based Medicine

The concept of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and evidence-based surgery (EBS) involves combining the best scientific evidence available with the clinician’s judgment while also considering the patient’s needs and preferences. In the past, the practice of colorectal surgery was based on tradition and anecdotal experience from experts rather than scientific rationale. However, the rise of EBM has led to changes in how colorectal surgery is performed. This review discusses the hierarchy of evidence, fundamental principles of EBS, and practicing evidence-based colorectal surgery. Tables review the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine revised levels of evidence, four steps of evidence-based surgery, key resources for evidence-based surgery, the “PICO” technique, and the Dindo-Clavien classification system. This review contains 5 tables and 69 references.

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