Table 2

Proportion of Case Reports Reporting Critical Information

Critical Element

Percent Reporting

95% Confidence Interval

Description of Patient and Disease

Age and gender

99

95 – 100

Definition, severity and stage of disease

88.1

79 – 93

Co-Morbid conditions

45.2

35 – 56

Patient medications

29.7

21 – 40

Description of Interventions

Route or dose of medications or details of procedure described

79.7

70 – 87

Co-interventions

57.1

46 – 67

Description of Outcomes

Clinically relevant outcomes defined

90.4

82 – 95

Side effects reported

33.3

24 – 44

Threats to Generalizability anad Validity

Generalizability

28.6

20 – 39

Alternative explanations

27.4

19 – 38

Information about denominator

2.3

1 – 8

Richason et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2009 9:10   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-9-10