Archives of Pediatric Critical Care: Case Report

The basic structure of manuscripts reporting case reports should include the following: abstract

(unstructured abstract of no more than 250 words); section headings in main body (introduction,

case report, discussion); maximum length: 2,000 words of text (not including abstract, tables,

figures, acknowledgments, references); no more than a total of 5 tables and/or figures; no more than

20 references.

ABSTRACT

Abstracts for case reports provide within one paragraph in an unstructured format.

Keywords: A; B; C; D

Up to 6 keywords as in MeSH heading

Case report should be structured as following section headings: Introduction, Case Report(s),

Discussion, References, Tables, and Figure legends.

The title of each new section should begin on a new page. Number pages consecutively, beginning

with the abstract page. Page numbers should be placed at the middle of the bottom of each page.

INTRODUCTION

Abbreviation

Abbreviations are strongly discouraged except for units of measurement. The full term for which

the abbreviation stands should be used at its first occurrence in the text.

Statistical expression

Standard deviation and standard error should be described in the format of mean±SD and mean±SE,

respectively. p-values should be described as p<0.05 or p=0.003.

Units

Measurements of length, height, weight, and volume should be reported in metric units (meter,

kilogram, or liter) and laboratory values should be displayed in International System of Units (SI).

These are available at http://www.bipm.org/en/measurement-units.

Citation of reference
References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the

text. Each reference should be cited as [1], [1,4], or [1-3]. When quoting from other sources, give a

reference number in bracket after the author’s name or at the end of the quotation. Examples are as

follows:

1) Some studies reported --- on mortality [1,2]

2) It reduced --- sepsis model [3] as well as --- [4]

3) Park et al. [5] reported---

4) Kim and Lee [6] reported---

Subsection headings should be structured as follows:

Secondary Subsection Heading

Tertiary subsection heading

Quaternary subsection heading:

Tables and figures should be indicated in main text as follows: (Table 1), (Tables 1 and 2), (Tables

1-3), (Fig. 1A and B), (Figs. 1 and 2), (Figs. 1-3), (Fig. 1A and 3B), (Table 1, Fig. 2).
DISCUSSION
REFERENCES

A. References should be listed in the sequence cited in the paper, and sequential numbers should be

attached in the middle or at the end of the corresponding sentences in the body of the text.

B. All authors up to 6 can be listed. If author number is more than 6, the names of all authors after

first 6 authors should be abbreviated to "et al".

• Examples of reference style

A. Journal article: Authors. Article title. Journal title Published year;Volume:Start-End page.

Scumpia PO, Sarcia PJ, Kelly KM, DeMarco VG, Skimming JW. Hypothermia induces anti-

inflammatory cytokines and inhibits nitric oxide and myeloperoxidase-mediated damage in the

hearts of endotoxemic rats. Chest 2004;125:1483-91.

Chakdour S, Vaidya PC, Angurana SK, Muralidharan J, Singh M, Singhi SC. Pulmonary Functions

in Children Ventilated for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Pediatr Crit Care Med

2018;19:e464-71.

Nam KH, Kang HK, Lee S, Park S, Kang SW, Hwang JJ, et al. Effects of high-flow nasal cannula

in patients with mild to moderate hypercapnia: a prospective observational study. Acute Crit Care

2021;36:249-55.

B. Book

① Book: Authors. Book title. Edition*. Place of publication: Publisher; Published year.

*Mark edition if it is beyond the 2nd edition.

Shaffner DH, Nichols DG. Rogers' textbook of pediatric intensive care. 5th ed. Wolters Kluwer;

2016.
② Book chapter: Authors of chapter. Title of chapter. In: Editors of book, editor(s). Title of book.

Edition. Publisher; Published year. p. Start-End page.

Ventre KM, Arnold JH. Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. In: Shaffner DH,

Nichols DG, editors. Rogers' textbook of pediatric intensive care. 5th ed. Wolters Kluwer; 2016.

p.766-93.

C. Others

① Journal articles in electronic format

Ghorbanzadeh K, Ebadi A, Hosseini M, Madah SS, Khankeh H. Challenges of the patient transition

process from the intensive care unit: a qualitative study. Acute Crit Care 2021 Jan 28 [Epub].

https://doi.org/10.4266/acc.2020.00626

② Website: Author(s). Title [Internet]. Publisher; year of publication [date of citation]. Available

from: URL

Extracorporeal Life Support Organization. ECLS registry report & international summary of

statistics [Internet]. Extracorporeal Life Support Organization; 2019 [cited on 2021 Dec 15].

Available from: https://www.elso.org/registry/internationalsummaryandreports.aspx

Table guide

A. Each table should be consecutively typed or printed on a separate sheet of paper in the order of

citation in the text. Each table should be inserted on a separate page, with the table number and

table title above the table.

B. Titles of tables should be concise using a phrase or a clause. The first character should be

capitalized. Table footnotes should be indicated with superscript small letters (e.g., a), b), c)) in

alphabetical order.

C. All symbols and abbreviations should be described below the table. All units of measurements

and concentrations should be designated. Unnecessary longitudinal lines should not be drawn.

D. If a table has been previously published should be accompanied by the written consent of the

copyright holder and the footnote must acknowledge the original source.
Figure 1. Figure legends

Figure guide

A. Figure numbers, in Arabic numerals, should appear in the figure legends. Arabic numerals

should be used in the order in which the figures are referred to in the main text. In cases where more

than two photographs are used with the same number, alphabet characters should be used next to

the Arabic numeral (e.g., Fig. 1A, Fig. 1B).

B. All pictures and photographs should be described in the legend with complete sentences rather

than incomplete phrases or a clause. All symbols and abbreviations should be described below the

figure. The description of footnotes below the figure should follow the order of that of symbols and

then acronyms. Symbols should be marked with small alphabet letters in the order of their usage,

such as a), b), c).

C. Figures should be submitted separately from the text the manuscript. APCC publishes in full

color and encourages authors to use color to increase the clarity of figures. All pictures and

photographs should be of excellent quality and supplied as TIFF, JPEG, GIF, or PPT files with

resolution of more than 300 dpi. Except for particularly complicated drawings that show large

amounts of data, all figures are published at one page or one column width. All kinds of figures may

be reduced, enlarged, or trimmed for publication by the editor.

D. A previously published figure should be accompanied by the footnote acknowledging the

original source and the consent of copyright holder.