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Which of the following sentences uses nominalisation correctly for a formal medical report?

• We decided to operate immediately on the patient in London.
• The decision to operate immediately on the patient in London was made.
• We made a decide to operate immediately on the patient in London.

If you need to shorten your case report to fit the journal style of a Chicago publication, you should:

• tighten the prose and condense the discussion section.
• increase the number of investigation findings and co-authors.
• ignore the word limit and submit the manuscript anyway.

What is the primary role of the corresponding author in a Boston medical journal submission?

• To write the entire literature review without any help.
• To manage all communication with the editor and co-authors.
• To perform all the surgeries described in the clinical course.

Which word describes the process of removing identifying details of a patient from Leeds?

• Authorship
• Anonymization
• Novelty

Fill in the blank: 'Although the Chicago patient had a ___ presentation, the troponin test confirmed a silent heart attack.'

• atypical
• dismissive
• condescending

Which sentence correctly uses the unreal past to talk about a Chicago case report?

• It is high time we submitted the manuscript to the editor.
• It is high time we submit the manuscript to the editor.
• It is high time we are submitting the manuscript to the editor.