When and how to write a “Case report” for a journal

Nemanja Rančić; Dušica  Stamenković; Carsten Bantel; Davide Cattano; Nebojša Nick Knežević; Nicoletta Fossati

doi:10.2298/VSP250415045R

Nemanja Rančić Military Medical Academy, Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Belgrade, Serbia; University of Defence, Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Dušica Stamenković Military Medical Academy, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Belgrade, Serbia University of Defence, Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Carsten Bantel Klinikum Oldenburg AöR, Universitatsklinik fuer Anaesthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Oldenburg, Germany
Davide Cattano UTHealth McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States
Nebojša Nick Knežević Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Illinois, United States; University of Illinois, Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nicoletta Fossati St George’s University Hospitals and City St George’s Medical School, Department of Anaesthesia, London, United Kingdom

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP250415045R

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