Table 5.
Critical assessment of the quality of the selected manuscripts according to the JBI Critical Appraisal checklist for case reports [102].
Barth et al. [87] | Fieß et al. [88] | Bais et al. [91] | Yusuf et al. [92] | Oshima et al. [93] | |
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Were patient’s demographic characteristics clearly described? | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Unclear |
Was the patient’s history clearly described and presented as a timeline? | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear |
Was the current clinical condition of the patient on presentation clearly described? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Were diagnostic tests or assessment methods and the results clearly described? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Was the intervention(s) or treatment procedure(s) clearly described? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Was the post-intervention clinical condition clearly described? | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Were adverse events (harms) or unanticipated events identified and described? | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Does the case report provide takeaway lessons? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |