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Adjectival Hyphens
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"Dumping syndrome is a common complication following gastric, bariatric or oesophageal surgeries. It is characterised by post-prandial abdominal, cardiovascular, and hypoglycaemic symptoms resulting from rapid transit of gastric contents into the small bowel 7."

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Oxford Comma
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"Dumping syndrome is a common complication following gastric, bariatric or oesophageal surgeries. It is characterised by post-prandial abdominal, cardiovascular, and hypoglycaemic symptoms resulting from rapid transit of gastric contents into the small bowel 7."

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"Diagnosis is primarily by symptom based questionnaires in conjunction with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in which haematocrit, pulse and blood glucose are measured in intervals. Early dumping is characterised by elevated haematocrit and tachycardia, while late dumping is characterised by hypoglycaemia 7."

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"vasomotor symptoms: flushing, dizziness, tachycardia and palpitations, hypotension"

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There Is
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"There are two types of dumping syndrome:"

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Commas
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"Dumping syndrome can occur as a complication of a number of gastric, bariatric, or oesophageal surgical procedures, such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, oesophagectomy, vagotomy with pyloroplasty, sleeve gastrectomy, or Nissen fundoplication 2."

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