How to write a case report in nephrology

J Med Case Rep. 2016 Apr 6:10:87. doi: 10.1186/s13256-016-0852-4.

Abstract

Nephrologists provide medical care to patients presenting with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, glomerular diseases, and electrolyte or acid-base disorders, and perform lifesaving dialysis therapies and kidney transplantation. This editorial is an attempt to describe how to write a comprehensive, yet succinct, case report in nephrology. The essential elements of a nephrology case report are defined that can serve as a writing aid to the author.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Medical Records*
  • Medical Writing / standards*
  • Nephrology*
  • Terminology as Topic