Treatment and prognosis (article structure)

Last revised by Jeremy Jones ◉ on 5 Apr 2023

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Citation:

Gaillard F, Jones J, Bell D, et al. Treatment and prognosis (article structure). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 27 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-30727

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-30727

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/30727

rID:

30727

Article created:

30 Aug 2014, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

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At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

5 Apr 2023, Jeremy Jones ◉

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At the time the article was last revised Jeremy Jones had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

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Synonyms:

Chronic complications section (style guide)

Treatment and prognosis is one of the main subheadings in a standard article.

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 recognize normal and abnormal post-treatment imaging features.

Some radiographic features are also extremely pertinent to prognosis (e.g. portal venous gas in the setting of bowel ischemia), and being able to recognize 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.

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. hemorrhage as a complication of cerebral aneurysms), then this should be included in the clinical presentation.