Call for Clinical Cases - 17th ICAR National Congress, Padua May...

You can submit your clinical case using myICAR. If you do not already have an account, you will be required to create one. Once signed in, you should select the "Case Report Form" tab.

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• Viral infections in the immunocompromised host

Please consider that Clinical Cases generally describe an unusual or novel occurrence, which is able to spark the discussion.

The text should be structured to include the following 4 sections: Background, Case presentation, Discussion and/or Conclusions, reporting the essential information components:

• Problem presentation

• Subjective disease history and personal and family history;
• Objective data (clinical and observed course up to case description);
• Assessment (diagnosis, differential diagnosis and comorbidities);
• Clinical procedures used, also reviewing the diagnostic probability before and after results (initial and subsequent status). Therapy implemented and its rationale
• Outcome in terms of improved health status, recovery, unexpected complications, side effects; Possible follow-up period and modalities;

• Discussion of observations and results
• Contribution of the case to the knowledge base of the clinical problem
• Possible proposals and recommendations for practice and research

Each Presenting author can submit only 1 case. Only selected cases will have the authors' names included in the conference program. Time allowed for presentation by the Presenting author: 15 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for discussion with the "Experts" and the audience.

A Committee formed by the ICAR Presidents and Governing Board will select two clinical cases from all those received, based on the following criteria:

• Relevance of the topic
• Clarity (precision, organization, and structure) of the case
• Identification of key messages relevant for clinical practice and research

Don't miss the opportunity to actively contribute to this important event!
Submit your clinical cases and join us for an engaging and productive interaction.