Writing case reports and series: Tricks, traps, and triumphs! by Abraham Edgar Gracia-Ramos

“…On the other hand, they have several shortcomings that limit their credibility such as the impossibility to generalize their findings, selection and recall bias, information preferences, overinterpretation (“anecdotal fallacy”), and the distraction of readers toward the unusual. …”
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A Rehabilitation Algorithm After Lateral Ankle Sprains in Professional Football (Soccer): An Approach Based on Clinical Practice Guidelines by Zacharias Flore, Karen Hambly, Kyra De Coninck, Götz Welsch

“…The rehabilitation after LAS in professional football players is often still time-based and relies on anecdotal experience of clinicans. There is still a lack of utilization of criteria-based rehabilitation concepts after LAS in professional football. …”
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Vitreous Humour Extrusion after Suxamethonium Induction of Anaesthesia in a Polytraumatized Patient: A Case Report by Frederick Ebegue Amadasun, Theodore Ojeide Isesele

“…It is therefore advised to be avoided in open globe surgery, for fear of extruding ocular contents. Several anecdotal reports support this fear. Some workers however, dispute this claim. …”
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Clinical Experience with 5-Aminosalicylate Preparations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease - A Review by C.N. Williams

“…Thus, the most "therapeutic" dose is not known. The author's anecdotal evidence reports char patients with Crohn's disease affecting the rectum or left colon respond poorly to 5-ASA enemas. …”
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Lawson’s Psychological Critical Thinking Exam as an instrument to improve critical thinking by Marta-Natalia Torres-Domínguez, Itxaso Barberia, Javier Rodríguez-Ferreiro

“…Critical thinking is vital in both science and daily life, being crucial for identifying anecdotal evidence, unfalsifiable hypotheses, biased data sampling, and unreliable causal connections. …”
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Variation morphologique et concept d’espèce en paléoanthropologie : l’exemple d’Australopithecus en Afrique australe by Amélie Beaudet

“…While some authors interpret this variation as a proof of the presence of more than one Australopithecus species, others explore alternative hypotheses to tentatively explain this variation. Far from being anecdotical, this presumed taxonomic diversity within the genus Australopithecus would substantially modify our grasp of speciation processes within Plio-Pleistocene hominins. …”
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Anatomy of Complex System Research by Yang Wang, Xinyue Wang

“…However, the way complex system research connects to other academic fields is much less well understood, with only anecdotal evidence. In this work, we present an anatomy of complex system research by leveraging a large-scale dataset that contains more than 100 million digitalized publications. …”
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Meckel's Diverticulum in Crohn's Disease by Hugh J Freeman

“…Detailed pathological studies have estimated its frequency to be about 2% of the general population, and it has been anecdotally recorded in patients with Crohn's disease. …”
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Pand-e Pirān, introducing its manuscripts and its newly rewritten and its Arabic translation by Mahmood Nadimi Harandi, Tahmine Ataei Kachuei

“…Of course, because he did not mention anything about the original of the book, but claimed that he collected the anecdotes himself, his work is considered to be plagiarism. …”
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A comprehensive, population level evaluation of previously reported drug triggers of pemphigus highlights immunomodulatory capacity as a common characteristic by Justin Baroukhian, Kristina Seiffert-Sinha, Animesh A. Sinha

“…QuestionCan previously reported, largely anecdotal associations between exposure to any of a comprehensive list of putative trigger drugs and the development of pemphigus be reproduced using population level data?…”
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Opioid Therapy for Chronic Nonmalignant Pain by Russell K Portenoy

“…These outcomes contrast starkly with popular teaching about chronic opioid therapy and affirm the potential for prolonged efficacy, tolerable side effects, enhanced function associated with improved comfort and minimal risk of aberrant drug-related behaviours consistent with addiction. A large anecdotal experience in populations with nonmalignant pain suggests that these patients are more heterogeneous and that opioid therapy will greatly benefit some and will contribute to negative outcomes for others. …”
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DeMille and Danger: Seven Heuristic Taxonomic Categories of His Hollywood (Mis)Adventures by Anton Karl Kozlovic

“…Utilising humanist film criticism as the guiding analytical lens, the critical DeMille, autobiographical and related anecdotal literature was selectively reviewed for illustrative instances of this infamous production penchant. …”
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Autoimmunity and Extrahepatic Manifestations in Treatment-Naïve Children with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Giuseppe Indolfi, Elisa Bartolini, Biagio Olivito, Chiara Azzari, Massimo Resti

“…Single reports are available in the literature reporting the anecdotal association between chronic hepatitis C and other extrahepatic manifestations such as myopathy and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. …”
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THE LANGUAGE OF LUCK: AN EXPLORATION INTO MEDIA DISCOURSE ON GAMBLING IN ROMANIAN NEWS OUTLETS by Alexandra-Teodora BERZOVAN, Ioana NEDELCU, Andreea Alina MOGOȘ

“…It has further yielded results that showcase general news websites’ focus on legal and regulatory aspects, and tabloids’ tendency to expand on anecdotal, sensational or tragic stories.…”
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Medication Timing Errors for Parkinson's Disease: Perspectives Held by Caregivers and People with Parkinson's in New Zealand by Stephen Buetow, Jenny Henshaw, Linda Bryant, Deirdre O'Sullivan

“…The results add to the limited published research on medication errors in PD and help to confirm anecdotal experience internationally. They indicate opportunities for professionals and lay people to work together to reduce errors in the timing of medication for PD in hospital and community settings.…”
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Orality in the cultural area of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Ćurguz Jelena

“…Also, the old oral literature and expressions are still alive today, which are passed down from generation to generation - e.g. songs, fairy tales, proverbs, sayings, anecdotes, curses, rhymes and lullabies, and many people have specific nicknames. …”
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Preemptive Circular Defence of Immature Insects: Definition and Occurrences of Cycloalexy Revisited by Guillaume J. Dury, Jacqueline C. Bede, Donald M. Windsor

“…The term has been applied to numerous organisms, including adult insects, nymphs, and even vertebrates, but has lost precision with the accumulation of anecdotal reports not addressing key elements of the behaviour as first defined. …”
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From Healing the Whole Person: An Argument for Therapeutic Touch as a Complement to Traditional Medical Practice by Marlene B. Huff, Kimberly K. McClanahan, Hatim A. Omar

“…The growing popularity and use of therapeutic touch (TT) is an issue that has generated controversy and concern within the medical community. While anecdotal and traditional scientific evidence suggest that TT would be an advantageous addition for clinics and hospitals to include in their armamentarium of complementary interventions within the realm of traditional medicine, TT has not become widely available in the U.S. …”
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Educational Program on Sexuality for Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease at the William Soler Pediatric Cardiocenter by Amalia Cánovas Rodríguez

“…The used instruments in the research were: observation, interview, focus group, documents analysis and recording of anecdotes. Special educational needs on sexuality were described as the main category, as well as those difficulties in cognitive, emotional and psychosocial aspects that people may have in their learning process about sexuality on a temporary or lasting basis. …”
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Laboratory Literacy: Surveying Lab Result Interpretations of a Local Patient Population by Jordan Franco, Mark Fung

“…In the outpatient setting, it is anecdotally commonplace for patients to receive their lab results before their physicians, resulting in patients often relying on self-interpretations of their results. …”
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