I am currently reviewing data of umbilical venous catheter related extravastion injuries in our unit. The retrospective analysis lead to identifying large number of cases. Put together, it could easily become one of the largest published cohort of UVC extravasation injuries, till date. But still the total number of cases will be in single digit. We are specifically looking to study the possible associated factors, clinical manifestations, complications and outcome. More like a descriptive study. I wanted to have your opinion regarding what would be the best category of paper under which such research could be published?
It would depend upon the available evidence in the literature and what you wish to study. I think it could be a Case Series providing information about the possible associated factors, clinical manifestations, complications and outcome. Alternatively, you could study the associated factors using a case-control study design. This might help answer a question why some develop this complication while the others do not!
Thank you Dr Bavdekar for your opinion. I did think of case series. But my concern is whether there is any section for case series in any standard journal?
We are specifically looking to study the possible associated factors, clinical manifestations, complications and outcome. More like a descriptive study.
i am currently an editor of a brazilian medical journal named einstein which is a Medline journal. I think this journal could publish such a paper. You can find it on
Thank you Dr Segre. Can it be an original research article or a case report?
I think it will be retrospective cohort study
Hope that file records are complete to study all the related variables
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