title: [METHODOLOGY REVIEW FOR WRITING AND PUBLISHING CASE REPORT: APPLICATIONS ON THE NUTRITION FIELD].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  currently, case reports are an important teaching tool with practical applications and contribute to the expansion of knowledge of health professionals.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to review the methodology of developing case reports, showing similarities and differences in format and content criteria that are requested for case reports to be published.
  
  
  METHODS
  literature review in PubMed and Scielo between 2005-2015 and manual tracing of the most relevant references of selected articles.
  
  
  METHODS
  original articles / literature reviews in English / Spanish / Portuguese published in any country and include guidelines or recommendations for the drafting of clinical cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  we found 131 articles, 20 met the inclusion criteria, adding 5 articles by manually tracing. The variables were described: objective, conclusions and recommendations presented in 3 tables; 1. International guide publication; 2. International journals and 3. Latin American journals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  there are international benchmarks that provide when required to write and publish a case report very specific guidelines. Both international benchmarks analyzed the recommendations are consistent in their usefulness but there is no standardization in its methodology. Very few guidelines mentioned include dietary management, monitoring and evolution in the clinical situation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Alicante.. ggerardo1993@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martínez Martínez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Alicante.. ana.norena@ua.es.
authors.forename: Ana Lucia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Noreña
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Alicante. Gabinete de Alimentación y Nutrición de la Universidad de Alicante (Alinua).. josemiguel.ms@ua.es.
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez Sanz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Alicante. Gabinete de Alimentación y Nutrición de la Universidad de Alicante (Alinua). Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT).. rocio.ortiz@ua.es.
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ortiz Moncada
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D052756:Nutritional Sciences; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards*