I have 2 comparable cases that were treated with 2 different treatments( both approved for the meant indication) but showed different outcomes. and I think it is better if I present them in one paper for the goal of comparison if needed.
In my opinion; it would be better to present them in one paper.
In this case, letter to editor or short case report is better i think.
Two or more cases would be considered a series. A third would strengthen the pattern you have identified.
Two cases can be written as a series and may be publishable. However it would be better to wait for more data if possible.
It would vary journal to journal but the minimum i have come across is 5 for a case series, best get in touch with the editorial.
It’s a case report illustrated by two patients! If the details are very interesting and likely to inform practice I would offer them now and see what happens. You might never get a third!
I would present them as a case series and present them with similarities and differences. Highlighting how it helps medical literature.
Every interesting case should be better reported than not reported. If there are two of them they may be reported both ways. Waiting for 20 cases to be reported as series may take 20 years or so. Please remember that every timely reported case may safe someone's life
Another idea for this would be to add these cases with a brief literature review. It might help your case series to achieve more citations.
Best to write them as a case series in one article, and follow the CARE (CAse REport) guidelines please otherwise you'll get an unpleasant response from the reviewers. A case report represents the essence of the profession. We are consulted by only one particular patient at a time, not a humanized soup of a thousand individuals (Edmund Pellegrino).
It would be better to present the 2 cases in the same paper. Editors or peer reviewers will suspect that this is a case of salami slicing and you try, apparently, to split the results of a single study.
Yes you can. Yet to have your work published you should have a new piece of information that your cases will add to the already known literature about the topic.
Best to write them as case series in one article, and in your discussion discuss the peculiarities of each case.
Best to write them as a case series in one article and discuss the peculiarities of each case.
An article in a top journal is much better than two articles of lower quality.
Better to include both within one article and make clear in the title that it's two cases. However, include both only if they both show equally strong (even if different) aspects of treatment and/or diagnosis that will help clinicians. If one is a less impactful, consider just publishing one.
In my opinion. I think TWO is better than ONE:
in other words, I would prefere two distinct casese in two case reports.
I no issue in this situation. One can publish case by case separately or compare both in one publication. Both ways are possible. for the time of this discussion there could be three articles published already: one by one and comparison of both. There's no time to lose
It depends on the uniqueness of the cases and whether similar cases have been reported before in the literature. Better to include 2 well investigated and treated cases in one report.
As for example we reported two cases that have not been much reported in human subjects and these cases have created lot of interest:
Article Salmonella gallinarum septicaemia in humans
Two cases can be submitted as a case series. This would be better than two separate case reports submitted contemporaneously. Many may assume that this is duplicate publication.
It depends on the rarity of the case itself or the importance of the message that you want to pass.
But yes, you can write them up as a case series.
Good luck
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