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Adjectival Hyphens

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"Mild cramping and spotting are possible post-procedure adverse events."

Line 53:44 · 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'.

Acronyms

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"some administer a NSAID one hour before the study"

Line 34:23 · 'NSAID' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

Unit Capitalisation

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"20 ml syringe"

Line 42:5 · Unit names are lowercase in full, and the litre takes a capital L: '20 ml'.

"hysterosonography catheter and 3 ml syringe for the catheter balloon"

Line 43:36 · Unit names are lowercase in full, and the litre takes a capital L: '3 ml'.

"5-30 ml of warm sterile saline is then injected slowly during ultrasound imaging of the uterus. Imaging is performed in the coronal and sagittal planes. Sonographic volumes can be obtained for 3D ultrasound."

Line 49:6 · Unit names are lowercase in full, and the litre takes a capital L: '30 ml'.

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