CARE (CAse REport) guidelines provide a framework for completeness and transparency in case reports.

Improve quality and educational value of clinical case reports.

Who should use it

Clinicians and researchers publishing case reports or small case series.

Recommended for all clinical case reports and many case series.

• Patient information and timeline
• Clinical findings
• Diagnostic assessment
• Therapeutic interventions
• Follow-up and outcomes
• Patient perspective (when possible)
• Informed consent

• Patient timeline
• De-identified clinical data
• Consent for publication
• Diagnostic reasoning

• Identifiable patient information
• Missing consent
• Incomplete timeline