General guidelines on creating chapters and microchapters

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The following is a guide to creating your chapters and microchapters. A chapter is a collection of smaller chapters called microchapters. For instance, the disease pericarditis is a chapter composed of multiple microchapters such as pericarditis overview, pericarditis pathophysiology, pericarditis treatment etc. Microchapters have been created to allow users to access the content they are looking for more efficiently, and to improve the speed with which the chapters load and display on mobile devices. Please see the following chapters which are excellent examples of how create and structure chapters and microchapters:

• Pericarditis

Grammar

Consider substitution for overworked words and phrases with more specific terms such as those below:

• about -> regarding
• gave or give -> administer

Microchapter Guidelines

• Goal: The purpose of the microchapter system is structure each chapter under specific nomenclature so as to allow search engines to efficiently browse and tag the content. It is critical that every page maintain sitewide consistency or the microchapter system loses its efficacy.
• All the microchapters should start with the same pagename. Examples include Pericarditis overview, Pericarditis pathophysiology, Pericarditis treatment etc.
• Only the first word of each chapter is capitalized.
• All the microchapters in the template on the right hand side should be present on the home page of the main chapter.
• All microchapters should contain the template on the right-hand side.
• The template is located here
• It is not necessary to have a microchapter for every title listed in the template. When necessary, please delete irrelevant chapter titles from the microchapter template. Often there are no primary or secondary prevention strategies. For example, there is no primary prevention strategy for pericarditis. This link is therefore missing from the template.

The Navigation Box at the top of the Page

• This navigation box appears only on the disease home page.
• If the picture at the top is illustrative, you can retain it or you can find a copyleft that better illustrates the condition.
• Remove the links to e medicine.

Synonyms and Keywords

Use google to search for synonyms and use the another work for it website. This text is bolded and italicized.

Related Chapters

• Do not use the phrase "see also". There tends to be confusion that the chapters you are linking to are the same or a similar topic.
• For this reason we use the terminology "Related chapters:"

Appropriate Copyleft Sources

• National Library of Medicine
• Diseases Database
• Centers for Disease Control
• Clinfowiki: The Clinical Research Informatics Wiki
• The Clinical Informatics Wiki
• Consumer Health Information (Toronto Public Library)
• Demystifying Depression

Overview

• Goal: To provide a brief description of the high points of the condition, focused primarily on the background of diagnosis and treatment of the condition.
  • This text will appear on all Google searches and must be perfected.
  • The grammar must be perfect.
• Appropriate content: There is an overview of the pathophysiology of the disease, the common causes and prognosis of the disease. There is a summary of the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

Pathophysiology

• Goal: Explain the biologic mechanism underlying the disease state.
• Appropriate content: a description of the embryological or developmental abnormalities, molecular abnormalities, genetic abnormalities, pathogenesis and pathology images
  • I have searched for copyleft images of pathology specimens and videos on you tube.
  • I have searched the pathology wiki and ask dr wiki for images.

Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of PAGENAME

• Search the the diseases database to assure that the differential diagnosis is complete.
• Goal: To provide a comprehensive list of all potential underlying causes of the condition as categorized by organ system.
• Appropriate content:
  • Complete differential diagnosis table, listed by organ system
• Remember: This is not the chapter to describe what the disease causes. That is the chapter on natural history and complications.
  • This is also not the chapter where guidance is provided how to distinguish the disorder from other disorders. That is the chapter on differentiating (the condition) from other diseases.

The code for the table below should be copied from below or the following page Differential_diagnosis_by_organ_system_table:

Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of ...

(By organ system)

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes

Differentiating PAGENAME from other diseases

• Search the the diseases database to assure that the differential diagnosis is complete.
• Goal: To provide information on a systemic method to identify other potential diseases.
• Appropriate content:
  • Commonly associated conditions with similar signs and symptoms
  • Known conditions to exclude
  • Differentiating physical examination characteristics from similar diseases (a table like Pericarditis differential diagnosis may be useful)
  • Guidance on interpretation of physical examination findings
  • Guidance on interpretation of laboratory result findings
  • Information on potential shortcomings of various diagnostic protocols
• Remember: Please review the original versions of the chapter to assure that the differential diagnosis is complete and has not been erased.

History and symptoms

• Goal: The purpose of this chapter is to describe the typical symptoms that a patient verbalizes.
• Appropriate content:
  • A list of symptoms organized by frequency, such as...
    • Disorders with similar symptoms + a link to the diffential diagnosis
    • Common symptoms
    • Less common symptoms
  • Rapidity of symptom onset
  • Including links to additional WikiDoc sites for further symptom explanation. (i.e. dyspnea)
• Remember: It does not include findings from the physical exam (signs of the disease).

Physical examination

• Goal: To provide a comprehensive list of symptoms presenting during a physical examination by a medical professional.
• Appropriate content:
  • Appearance of the patient during examination
  • Vital signs
  • Compartmentalizing symptoms by: skin, eyes, ears, nose, throat, heart, lungs, abdomen, extremities, neurologic components
  • Differentiating characteristic denoting severity of disease presence
• There should be no information that could identify a patient on any image.
• A thorough search of youtube and google for videos related to the physical examination findings is required.
• A thorough search of google for copyleft images related to the physical examination findings is required.

Lab Studies

• Goal: To summarize all appropriate laboratory tests and applicable findings related to the condition.
• Appropriate content:
  • Electrolyte (K, Na)
  • Kidney function (Cr, Bun)
  • Liver function (LFTs, SGOT, SGPT)
  • Complete blood count (CBC)
  • White blood count (WBC, hct, Hb)
• Remember: This section does not include imaging studies such as electrocardiogram, chest x ray, CT, MRI, echocardiography, ultrasound, etc.

Electrocardiogram

• Goal: To summarize all applicable electrocardiogram diagnostic tests and findings related to the condition.
• Appropriate content:
  • EKG findings
  • EKG imaging results
  • EKG copyleft image examples
  • Applicable EKG studies
• Remember: You cannot take copyright images and post them to WikiDoc. All images posted as examples must be from a copyleft source such as [National Library of Medicine], [RadsWiki], [Radiopedia]. If there is any doubt as to whether an image is copyleft, please consult with Dr. Gibson [[2]].
• There should be no information that could identify a patient on any image.

Chest x ray

• Goal: To summarize all applicable chest x ray findings related to the condition.
• Appropriate content:
  • Characteristics of chest x rays with the condition
  • Chest x ray copyleft image examples
• Remember: You cannot take copyright images and post them to WikiDoc. All images posted as examples must be from a copyleft source such as [National Library of Medicine], [RadsWiki], [Radiopedia]. If there is any doubt as to whether an image is copyleft, please consult with Dr. Gibson [[3]].
• There should be no information that could identify a patient on any image.

CT

• Goal: To summarize all applicable CT tests and findings related to the condition.
• Appropriate content:
  • Applicable forms of CT testing
  • CT imaging results
  • CT copyleft image examples
  • CT copyleft video examples
  • Applicable CT studies
• Remember: You cannot take copyright images and post them to WikiDoc. All images posted as examples must be from a copyleft source such as [National Library of Medicine], [RadsWiki], [Radiopedia]. If there is any doubt as to whether an image is copyleft, please consult with Dr. Gibson [[4]].
• There should be no information that could identify a patient on any image.

Echocardiography or ultrasound

• Goal: To summarize all applicable echocardiography or ultrasound tests and findings related to the condition.
• Appropriate content:
  • Applicable forms of echocardiography or ultrasound testing
  • Echocardiography or ultrasound imaging results
  • Echocardiography or ultrasoundcopyleft image examples
  • Echocardiography or ultrasound copyleft video examples
  • Applicable echocardiography or ultrasound studies
• Remember: You cannot take copyright images and post them to WikiDoc. All images posted as examples must be from a copyleft source such as National Library of Medicine, Wikipedia, RadsWiki, Radiopedia or Wiki Echo. even though the image is copyleft, you should cite the site that was the original source. If there is any doubt as to whether an image is copyleft, please consult with Dr. Gibson [5].
• There should be no information that could identify a patient on any image.

Categories

The spelling of categories is case sensitive. If you spell Mature chapter as Mature Chapter, your chapter will go elswhere!

Mature chapters

All chapters must have an overview section. Once they do, and if the chapter is complete, it can be categorized as a mature chapter. This tag signifies that the chpater has been extensively vetted based upon the process above and is of high quality chapter.

Microchapter candidate

If a chapter has progressed in size and sophistication to the point that it should be divided into subchapters, please include it in the category microchapter candidate. Once it is divided into microchapters, this designation should be removed.

Patient information

If you are creating a patient information page, put it in the patient information category. Note that the i in information is a small i.

Disease State Category

If the chapter you are working on is a disease, make sure you include it in the disease state category.

Physical Examination Category

This category is used for those chapters that focus on the physical examination.

Signs and Symptoms Category

This category is used for those chapters that focus on the signs and symptoms. An example would include the chapter on headache.

Subspecialty Category

Examples include cardiology, emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, oncology.