case report

Case Report

A report of a single case of a disease, usually with an unexpected presentation, which typically describes the findings, clinical course, and prognosis of the case, often accompanied by a review of other cases previously reported in the biomedical literature to put the reported case in context.

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report [re-port´]

a prepared account of an event, investigation, or evaluation, usually for formal presentation to an authority or group.

accident report incident report.

case report a narrative in the professional literature that identifies a single incident and discusses pertinent factors related to the patient.

incident report a written document describing inadvertent trauma to a patient, errors or omissions in care, or untoward events happening to staff or visitors. Such a report should be filed as soon after the event as possible. Called also accident report.

shift report in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as exchanging essential patient care information with other nursing staff at change of shift.