AMA Manual of Style by JAMA Network Editors

Author:JAMA Network Editors
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Ambiguous: The foreign body was observed in the patient’s left eye at 9 o’clock.

Use: The foreign body was observed in the patient’s left eye at the 9-o’clock position.

Note: The terms clockwise and counterclockwise can also be confusing. The point of reference (eg, that of observer vs subject) should be specified if the usage is ambiguous.

11.10 Laboratory Values.

Usually, in reports of clinical or laboratory data, the substance per se is not reported; rather, a value is given that was obtained by measuring a substance or some function or constituent of it. For example, one does not report hemoglobin but hemoglobin level. Some other correct forms are as follows:

agglutination titer

antinuclear antibody titer

creatinine level or clearance

differential white blood cell count

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

hemagglutination inhibition titer

high-density lipoprotein fraction

increase in antibody level

increase in bilirubin level

mean corpuscular volume

platelet count

prothrombin time

pulse rate

serum phosphorus concentration

total serum cholesterol value or level or concentration

24-hour urine output or volume

urinary placental growth factor concentration

urinary protein excretion

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