F2. DESCRIPTIVE studies: Case report & Case series.

Question 1

describes the experience of a single patient or group of patients with similar diagnosis

Answer 1

Case Reports & Case Series.

Question 2

• SINGLE patient.
• document unusual medical occurrences
• represents first clues in the identification of new disease or adverse effects of exposures
• new syndromes or variants of known disease

Answer 2

case report.

Question 3

• collection of individual reports
• early means to identify the presence of an epidemic

Answer 3

case series.

Question 4

True or False?

case series investigation of affected individuals can lead to hypothesis generation

hypothesis generation includes?

Answer 4

TRUE.

1. identification of the disease.
2. indentification of specific risk factors.

Question 5

Limitations of Case reports & Case series:

Answer 5

1. cannot be used for analysis for a valid statistical decision.
2. limited interpretability of information because lack of comparison groups.