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Lint: gastroparesis

Adjectival Hyphens
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"post-surgical: e.g. vagotomy, gastric fundoplication, gastric bypass surgery"

Line 10:8 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-surgical:'.
Emphasis
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"infection: e.g. Chagas disease, Clostridium botulinum"

Line 12:50 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Clostridium botulinum</em>'
Headings Case
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"Upper GI barium study"

Line 18:5 · 'Upper GI barium study' should use sentence-style capitalization.
Acronyms
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"Upper GI barium study"

Line 18:11 · 'GI' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.
Headings Valid
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Expected headings

  • H1 Terminology
  • H1 Usage
  • H1 Epidemiology
  • H2 Risk factors
  • H2 Associations
  • H1 Clinical presentation
  • H2 Complications
  • H1 Diagnosis
  • H2 Diagnostic criteria
  • H2 Diagnostic clues
  • H1 Pathology
  • H2 Aetiology
  • H2 Location
  • H2 Classification
  • H2 Macroscopic appearance
  • H2 Microscopic appearance
  • H2 Immunophenotype
  • H2 Markers
  • H2 Genetics
  • H1 Radiographic features
  • H2 Plain radiograph
  • H2 Mammography
  • H2 Antenatal ultrasound
  • H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
  • H2 Ultrasound
  • H2 CT
  • H3 Dual-energy CT
  • H2 Angiography (DSA)
  • H2 MRI
  • H2 CT/MRI
  • H2 Nuclear medicine
  • H3 PET-CT
  • H3 PET-MRI
  • H1 Radiology report
  • H1 Treatment and prognosis
  • H2 Complications
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 Differential diagnosis
  • H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
  • H1 Practical points
  • H1 See also

"Radiological features"

Line 14:1 · "Radiological features" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Plain radiograph"

Line 15:1 · "Plain radiograph" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Radiological features").

"Fluoroscopy"

Line 17:1 · "Fluoroscopy" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Upper GI barium study"

Line 18:1 · "Upper GI barium study" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Ultrasound"

Line 25:1 · "Ultrasound" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Radiological features").

"CT"

Line 27:1 · "CT" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Radiological features").

"Nuclear medicine"

Line 29:1 · "Nuclear medicine" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Radiological features").
Oxford Comma
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"Management includes dietary modification, prokinetic and antiemetic medications, and surgical interventions. Gastric electrical stimulation techniques have been introduced (gastric pacemaker)."

Line 33:32 · Use the Oxford comma in 'modification, prokinetic and antiemetic'.