Radiopaedia Helpers

Adjectival Hyphens

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"post-surgical fluid collections"

Line 22:8 · 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'.

"Pre-procedure evaluation"

Line 43:5 · 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: 'Pre-procedure'.

"Post-procedure care"

Line 50:5 · 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-procedure'.

Number Comparisons

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"Complete blood count: platelet count > 50000/mm³ (Some institutions determine other values between 50000-100000/mm³)¹"

Line 36:41 · There should never be a space after less and greater than signs.

Eponym Apostrophe

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"Crohn's disease related abscess"

Line 19:8 · Radiopaedia prefers the non-possessive eponym: 'Crohn's disease'.

Numbers Over10000

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"Complete blood count: platelet count > 50000/mm³ (Some institutions determine other values between 50000-100000/mm³)¹"

Line 36:43 · Use a thousands separators for large numbers.

"Complete blood count: platelet count > 50000/mm³ (Some institutions determine other values between 50000-100000/mm³)¹"

Line 36:115 · Use a thousands separators for large numbers.

"Complete blood count: platelet count > 50000/mm³ (Some institutions determine other values between 50000-100000/mm³)¹"

Line 36:121 · Use a thousands separators for large numbers.

Ranges

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"Complete blood count: platelet count > 50000/mm³ (Some institutions determine other values between 50000-100000/mm³)¹"

Line 36:107 · Don't add words such as 'from' or 'between' to describe a range of numbers.

Acronyms

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"US guided biopsy"

Line 56:11 · 'US' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

List Caps

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"Liver and biliary interventional procedures"

Line 57:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Indications
H1 Contraindications
H1 Preprocedural evaluation
H1 Procedure
H2 Equipment
H2 Technique
H2 Postprocedural care
H1 Postprocedural evaluation
H2 Radiographic features
H1 Complications
H1 Outcomes
H1 History and etymology
H1 See also

"Advantages"

Line 3:1 · "Advantages" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Disadvantages"

Line 9:1 · "Disadvantages" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Laboratory parameters for a safe procedure"

Line 34:1 · "Laboratory parameters for a safe procedure" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Pre-procedure evaluation"

Line 43:1 · "Pre-procedure evaluation" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Technique"

Line 45:1 · "Technique" should be H2, not H3.

"Post-procedure care"

Line 50:1 · "Post-procedure care" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

Inline EG

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"deeper targets may not be as well-visualised on ultrasound (e.g. retroperitoneal nodes)"

Line 11:67 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.

"hepatic abscess (e.g. amoebic or post-operative)"

Line 23:24 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.

There Is

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"Interventional procedures like percutaneous drainage require special attention to coagulation indices. There are widely divergent opinions about the safe values of these indices for percutaneous biopsies. The values suggested below were considered based on a literature review."

Line 35:107 · Don't start a sentence with 'There are'.

Oxford Comma

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"The catheter is then connected to a vacuum drainage system (for peritoneal or retroperitoneal space collections) or external drainage bags (for draining urinary, digestive and biliary tracts)."

Line 49:157 · Use the Oxford comma in 'urinary, digestive and biliary'.

"The patient should remain in bed for 2 hours. After this period, mobilisation and oral intake are permitted."

Line 52:61 · Use the Oxford comma in 'period, mobilisation and oral'.

Lint: percutaneous-drainage