title: Are medical breakthroughs declining - The importance of case reports?
abstract: Case reports are a valuable though oft-underestimated source of clinical knowledge, even wisdom. They are extremely valuable to clinicians faced with new diseases, new investigations, and new therapies, where they provide the initial information, which serves as a basis to plan a detailed comparative study to provide definitive answers. The publication of cases and images-related reports is undoubtedly a gain for all, including medical students, medical teachers, the scientific community, medical professionals, healthcare managers, and patients.
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: sundeepmishraihj@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sundeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Case report; Impact factor; Observational study; Randomized control trial