The Anaesthesia Case Report (ACRE) checklist: a tool to promote high?quality reporting of cases in peri?operative practice

Case reports have fulfilled an important role in the development of anaesthesia and continue to be highly relevant modern practice. Despite this, they are sometimes criticised for being insufficiently rigorous meaningfully inform clinical practice or research design. Reporting checklists a useful tool improve rigour and, although case report previously been developed, no existing checklist focuses on peri-operative setting. In order address need that better accommodates care, we used established as basis developing 12-item Anaesthesia Report checklist. This was refined using iterative approach through feedback from journal editors with experience handling reports, patient public involvement, trialling its use Reports submissions. The differs by aligning practice; it places less emphasis making diagnoses way which challenges, example, related patient’s comorbidities operative interventions, addressed. Adopting standardised content presents clear benefits authors, peer reviewers streamlining processes involved writing publication. provides pragmatic framework comprehensive transparent reporting. We hope will facilitate authorship high-quality potential further quality safety care.