Lessons of the week
Lessons of the week
We ask reviewers to consider these points when appraising such papers:
Does the paper answer the following questions:
- How common is the condition (Should be neither so rare as not really to matter, nor so common that everyone should be well aware of the problem)?
- How commonly is the condition missed?
- How serious is it if missed?
- Will this report contribute to preventing missed cases?
- Is it a good read?
The ideal lesson of the week would relate
to a common condition, which is relatively commonly missed, serious if
missed and where the report will help prevent further missed cases. The
following exclusion criteria may also be useful:
- "Cock ups" and delayed diagnosis with no significant clinical consequences.
- Cases where everything possible was done but it ended in disaster anyway.
- Finger pointing ("someone else messed it up and we sorted it out").
- Single cases of unusual presentations of very rare illnesses.
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