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Pragmatic case series

A pragmatic case series is an observational study that documents consecutive or purposively selected patients receiving a clinical intervention or presenting with a condition under routine, real-world practice conditions — without randomization, a control group, or the highly controlled eligibility criteria characteristic of explanatory trials. It is used to describe treatment patterns, outcomes, and adverse events as they occur in everyday clinical settings.

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Pragmatic Case Series Study
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / epidemiology
  • Schwartz, D., & Lellouch, J. (1967). Explanatory and pragmatic attitudes in therapeutical trials. Journal of Chronic Diseases, 20(8), 637–648. · DOI 10.1016/0021-9681(67)90041-0
  • van Walraven, C., & Davis, D. A. (2007). Case series and case report. In: Knottnerus JA, Buntinx F (eds). The Evidence Base of Clinical Diagnosis. 2nd ed. BMJ Books. · URL
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Taxonomic bucketCase seriesmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketCohort Studymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketPragmatic randomized clinical trialmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketProspective Case Seriesmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketRetrospective Case Seriesmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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