Radiopaedia Helpers

Adjectival Hyphens

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"more often seen in adults⁸ following surgery or prolonged or traumatic intubation (post-intubation tracheal stenosis, PITS)"

Line 16:103 · 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-intubation'.

Acronyms

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"more often seen in adults⁸ following surgery or prolonged or traumatic intubation (post-intubation tracheal stenosis, PITS)"

Line 16:145 · 'PITS' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"Direct visualisation via bronchoscopy is gold standard investigation⁸ and may break a thin web ¹¹. Alternative treatments include balloon dilatation, Nd-YAG laser, argon plasma coagulation, resection or stent ⁵."

Line 24:180 · 'YAG' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

Oxford Comma

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"The incidence of congenital tracheal web is 1:10,000 births. In adults, tracheal webs can form following infection, inflammation or intubation."

Line 3:109 · Use the Oxford comma in 'infection, inflammation or intubation'.

"Direct visualisation via bronchoscopy is gold standard investigation⁸ and may break a thin web ¹¹. Alternative treatments include balloon dilatation, Nd-YAG laser, argon plasma coagulation, resection or stent ⁵."

Line 24:204 · Use the Oxford comma in 'coagulation, resection or stent'.

There Is

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"There are two types of tracheal webs:"

Line 7:4 · Don't start a sentence with 'There are'.

Lint: tracheal-web