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Acronyms

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"Pneumonia ranks 8th as a cause of death in the USA and is the most deadly of the infectious diseases. Poverty, age, and access to vaccination and antibiotics are the main causes of global variation. In 2019, 2.5 million people died of ‘clinical’ pneumonia, and pneumonia was the leading cause of death for children under 5 years."

Line 8:51 · 'USA' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

List Caps

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"Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)"

Line 34:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

Emphasis

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"Although pneumonia has been recognised for millennia, the cause was a mystery until the 1880s when Streptococcus pneumoniae was first identified ^ref."

Line 83:103 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Streptococcus pneumoniae </em>'

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

"Classification"

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"Complications"

Line 73:1 · "Complications" should be H2, not H1.

Semicolons

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"some interstitial lung diseases have been classified as interstitial pneumonia; some would argue that it would be less confusing to use the term pneumonitis for these inflammatory/fibrotic diseases"

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Oxford Comma

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"lobar pneumonia, single or multilobar pneumonia"

Line 59:17 · Use the Oxford comma in 'pneumonia, single or multilobar'.

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