Send your Index of Suspicion case inquiries to Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Consulting Editor, Index Of Suspicion, at dkamat{at}med.wayne.edu.
Submitting a Case for Visual Diagnosis
The Pediatrics in Review feature Visual Diagnosis presents an actual patient with images, from which the reader is encouraged to make a diagnosis; the answer, with discussion, summary, and suggested readings, follows on the next page.
Guidelines for Authors of Visual Diagnosis Cases
- If possible, Visual Diagnosis should address content specifications developed by the American Board of Pediatrics.
- In general, the typical Visual Diagnosis article contains 1,700 words.
- The case presentation, consisting of common descriptive terms plus images of presenting physical findings and any radiographic findings, should give enough information to suggest the diagnosis. Initial laboratory findings, if helpful, may be included. Modifications may be made to portray a situation more representative of the disorder being discussed. In general, the case presentation contains 250 to 500 words.
- The discussion begins by giving the diagnosis as well as listing any laboratory tests that confirm that diagnosis. The discussion then concentrates on the physical and laboratory features that distinguish the diagnosis, with brief mention of etiology, possible differential diagnoses, treatment, and prognosis. The discussion should end with a brief account of the patient’s course, followed by a summary of key teaching points. Supplemental photographs of physical/radiographic findings may be included. A detailed discussion of differential diagnosis and treatment is not necessary. In general, the discussion contains 750 to 1,000 words, the patient course 50 to 100 words, and the summary 100 to 150 words.
- The author should provide four to six suggested readings (not general pediatric textbooks) under the heading Suggested Reading for readers who may wish to learn more.
- Pediatrics in Review does not cite references, unless a particularly unusual or controversial point is made. At the same time, we trust authors to present information in their discussions that is taken from reliable sources. Authors must put facts taken from other sources into their own words and not transfer verbatim passages from those sources. If it is important to quote another source verbatim, that source must be acknowledged, and the material must be in quotation marks.
- The author should supply key words and a list of abbreviations if any appear in the article.
- All images should be submitted in JPEG or TIFF format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. A copy of signed parental consent for the submitted images also is required.
- When submitting the manuscript, please give author’s: Full name and credentials, Department and Institution, and E-mail address.
- In order to address the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies, all Pediatrics in Review authors should consider addressing professionalism, communications skills, practice improvement, and systems-based practice, if any of those topics is relevant to the material submitted.
- A few writing style suggestions follow:
- We use the present tense in case presentations, prefer "girl/boy" to "female/male," and do not use names or initials to identify the patient.
- The first time a term is used, it should be spelled out. If mentioned later, an abbreviation can be given, eg, polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
- Use “laboratory tests” instead of “labs,” “examination” instead of “exam,” etc.
Review Process for Visual Diagnosis Cases
- The section editor for Visual Diagnosis reviews the submitted manuscript. If accepted for publication, the editor may make changes to the text to conform to the style of Pediatrics in Review.
- An appropriate specialist then reviews the edited manuscript.
- The section editor incorporates the reviewer's comments into the manuscript and sends the revision to author. The author is asked to inform the editor of any changes she or he desires; otherwise, the manuscript is considered final and submitted to the publisher.
- The publisher may make minor changes to manuscript to accommodate page restrictions and the journal’s style. The author will receive galley proofs through the Internet to review before the manuscript is published.
About Pediatrics in Review online
Pediatrics in Review online is the journal of record. It contains the full content of each print issue (including all figures
and tables) from January 1979 to the present, AND additional review articles not available except as abstracts in the print journal. The full online text is searchable by keyword, and the cited references include hyperlinks to Medline and to the full text of many other online journals. The continuing medical education (CME) quizzes for all issues also can be accessed online. For more information about CME online and the benefits of this specially designed system, please see our CME information pages.
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