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"Pertinent information regarding the treatment of the condition, including options involving operative and non-operative management, should be included. Radiologists routinely follow patients pre- and post-treatment; thus, knowledge of common treatments is important to recognise normal and abnormal post-treatment imaging features."

Line 5:212 · 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-'.

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"Some radiographic features are also extremely pertinent to prognosis (e.g. portal venous gas in the setting of bowel ischaemia), and being able to recognise these can help value-add to radiology reports, support the clinical decision-making of our colleagues and, most importantly, provide optimum care for our patients."

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"This section can also include information surrounding imaging follow-up recommendations where these have been established in the medical literature (e.g. endorsed by professional organisations)."

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"A subheading complications can also be included, and these tend to reflect longer-term sequelae of the condition and/or treatment. For example, pneumonia as a complication of rib fractures. If the complication is part of the initial disease process (e.g. haemorrhage as a complication of cerebral aneurysms), then this should be included in the Clinical presentation article section."

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