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«MEDICAL WRITING: CASE ABSTRACT_431»

Warm-up

·         What is a medical case report?

·         What parts does it include?

·         What is an abstract?

Read the abstract of the medical case report:

Decreased efficacy of an etonogestrel implant in a woman on antiepileptic medications: a case report

Abstract

Introduction

Many antiepileptic drugs decrease the efficacy of combined hormonal contraceptives due to their inducing effect on cytochrome P450 liver metabolism. Less is known about the pharmacokinetics and outcomes of concomitant use of the etonogestrel implant and hepatic enzyme-inducing medications.

Case presentation

A 22-year-old Hispanic woman with a long-standing seizure disorder treated with carbamazepine for 9 years became pregnant after 25 months of etonogestrel implant use.

Conclusions

Hepatic enzyme-inducing drugs may reduce the efficacy of contraceptive implants. Contraceptive counseling for patients with medical co-morbidities requiring hepatic enzyme-inducing medications should include this information.

Find in the abstract:

·         Background

·         Why is it important

·         Needs to be reported

Answer the questions:

1.       Is this the first report of this kind in the literature?

2.       What are brief details of what the patient(s) presented with?

3.       What the reader should learn from the case report?

4.       What the clinical impact will be?

5.       Is it an original case report of interest to a particular clinical specialty of medicine?

6.       Will it have a broader clinical impact across medicine?

7.       Are any teaching points identified?

Follow-up

·         Why abstract is the most important part for case published in electronic databases?

·         What are basics of abstract writing?