Table 7.
Study title | 1. Were patient’s demographic characteristics clearly described? | 2. Was the patient’s history clearly described and presented as a timeline? | 3. Was the current clinical condition of the patient on presentation clearly described? | 4. Were diagnostic tests or assessment methods and the results clearly described? | 5. Was the intervention(s) or treatment procedure(s) clearly described? | 6. Was the post-intervention clinical condition clearly described? | 7. Were adverse events (harms) or unanticipated events identified and described? | 8. Does the case report provide takeaway lessons? |
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Koizumi et al [30] | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
*1 = Yes, 2 = No, 3 = Unclear, 4 = not applicable.