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==''Onlinepathology'' formating recommendations== | ==''Onlinepathology'' formating recommendations== | ||
* | *Each diagnostic line should end with a period or semicolon. | ||
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**The advantage of using a period or semicolon is: the end the diagnostic line is clearly marked. | |||
*Abbreviations should not be used, e.g. [[LEEP]] should be written-out as ''loop electrosurgical excision procedure''. | *Abbreviations should not be used, e.g. [[LEEP]] should be written-out as ''loop electrosurgical excision procedure''. | ||
**Patients often read their reports. Abbreviations muddle things. | |||
*The tissue type should be the first thing in the diagnostic line if it is not obvious from the diagnosis, e.g. ''gastric body-type mucosa''. | *The tissue type should be the first thing in the diagnostic line if it is not obvious from the diagnosis, e.g. ''gastric body-type mucosa''. | ||
*If several diagnoses are made, the most clinically important diagnosis should be listed first. | *If several diagnoses are made, the most clinically important diagnosis should be listed first. | ||