2 Manuscript Preparation

For reports of original data, systematic reviews (including meta-analyses), and clinical reviews, structured abstracts that use predetermined sideheads are recommended. Specific advice taken from JAMA’s Instructions for Authors, adapted from Haynes et al, is given below. Note that Design, Setting, and Patients or Other Participants may be combined depending on the description. If no intervention was performed, that sideheading may be omitted. Many journals limit the number of words to 250, but some (such as JAMA) allow 300 for reports of original data and for systematic reviews.In reports of original data, include an abstract of no more than 300 words ...Less