case report


report

 [re-port´] a prepared account of an event, investigation, or evaluation, usually for formal presentation to an authority or group.accident report incident report.case report a narrative in the professional literature that identifies a single incident and discusses pertinent factors related to the patient.incident report a written document describing inadvertent trauma to a patient, errors or omissions in care, or untoward events happening to staff or visitors. Such a report should be filed as soon after the event as possible. Called also accident report.shift report in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as exchanging essential patient care information with other nursing staff at change of shift.
A report of a single case of a disease, usually with an unexpected presentation, which typically describes the findings, clinical course, and prognosis of the case, often accompanied by a review of other cases previously reported in the biomedical literature to put the reported case in context.

case report

A formal summary of a unique patient and his or her illness, including the presenting signs and symptoms, diagnostic studies, treatment course, and outcome. Synonym: case study