Abstract：
CONTEXT:Eighty-two million surgical pathology and cytology reports were issued in the United States during 2007; a subset of these reports will be misunderstood by readers. Recent attention has focused on standardizing the content of pathology reports, particularly for common malignancies, to facilitate transmission of required information. Comparatively little attention has been focused on the format of reports--the arrangement of headlines, text blocks, and other report elements to optimize communication. OBJECTIVE:To provide guidance to report designers and authors about how to format reports to maximize the speed, fidelity, and ease of information transfer. DATA SOURCES:Review of relevant literature from commercial publishing and aviation and the fields of cognitive psychology and pathology, supplemented with an analysis of 10,000 pathology reports and the author's personal experience as a practicing pathologist. CONCLUSIONS:Four evidence-based and time-tested principles can help pathologists format information to communicate more effectively: (1) use of diagnostic headlines to emphasize key points, (2) maintenance of layout continuity with other reports and over time, (3) optimization of information density for readers, and (4) reduction of extraneous information or "clutter." Practical advice is also provided to help pathologists minimize corruption of formatting as reports are transmitted electronically between medical information systems.
journal_name
Arch Pathol Lab Medjournal_title
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicineauthors
Valenstein PNdoi
10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[84:FPRAFD]2.0.CO;2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-01 00:00:00pages
84-94issue
1eissn
0003-9985issn
1543-2165pii
2007-0347-RARjournal_volume
132pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:We report a case of primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the ileum occurring in a 45-year-old man. The rhabdomyoblastic nature was immunohistochemically confirmed by positivity with anti-myoglobin and anti-striated actin antisera. We discuss the differential diagnosis with similar tumors. To our knowledge, ileal rhabdomyosarco...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Most gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) express CD117/c-kit, as do a subset of metastatic melanomas, leading to a diagnostic dilemma in some cases. OBJECTIVE:To further differentiate GISTs from melanoma, we investigated expression of melanoma markers in GISTs using a well-characterized set of gast...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[1302:EOMAIE]2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Although the early post-myelosuppressive chemotherapy pathologic changes of the marrow have been described, the rate and the histologic definition of recovery are not defined. OBJECTIVE:To study the rate of recovery of bone marrow in patients given myelosuppressive therapy for acute myelogenous leukemia, estab...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[1281:TCFBMR]2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The author's long experience as Chairman of the Laboratory Accreditation Program of the College of American Pathologists provides the background for this article. Laboratory accreditation and proficiency testing have now become an established part of the clinical laboratories in the United States. This article attempt...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In 1986, a total of 2781 laboratories subscribed to the Comprehensive Blood Bank Survey of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) (Skokie, Ill). Performance of these laboratories on the ABO and Rh challenges was good, with 99.7% to 99.9% of the participants reporting the correct response. Antibody identification s...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Clear cell chondrosarcoma (CCC) is commonly considered to be a low-grade subtype of chondrosarcoma. However, a few cases of CCC behave as high-grade lesions (with early metastases or multiple/synchronous locations). OBJECTIVE:To investigate morphologic features that can help predict the aggressiveness of these...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/1543-2165(2006)130[1673:ACCCDD]2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Although most primary cancers of the lung carry a heavy mutational load and will potentially present many "nonself" antigens to the immune system, there are a wide range of possible mechanisms for tumors to avoid so-called immune surveillance. One such mechanism is the adoption of immune checkpoints to inhibit ...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.5858/arpa.2015-0303-SA
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)-deficient renal cell carcinoma is a recently recognized distinct subtype of renal cell carcinoma in the 2016 World Health Organization classification. It is associated with SDH gene germline mutations, which also cause paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, and pi...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.5858/arpa.2018-0024-RS
更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Laboratories participating in the College of American Pathologists Enzyme Survey (ES) and Comprehensive Chemistry Survey used diverse methods for the same analyte, resulting in a considerable range of values for the commonly performed enzyme measurements. Nevertheless, with the techniques developed for the ES, both th...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:All Food and Drug Administration-approved methods in the United States for human papillomavirus testing including the Hybrid Capture 2 human papillomavirus assay and the Roche cobas human papillomavirus test are approved for cytology specimens collected into ThinPrep media but not for specimens collected into S...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.5858/arpa.2015-0027-OA
更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Since 1988, the College of American Pathologists has been offering materials for calibration verification coupled with the surveys for linearity, called the linearity (LN) surveys. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether successful completion of the College of American Pathologists LN surveys provides a benefit in term...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/1543-2165(2004)128<544:CVPRTP>2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the immunoreactivity profile of the neuron-associated class III beta-tubulin isotype (beta III) in epithelial lung tumors. DESIGN:One hundred four formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded primary and metastatic lung cancer specimens were immunostained with an anti-beta III mouse monoclonal antibody (TuJ1) ...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/0003-9985(2000)124<0535:DDOTNA>2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT.—:With increasing use and efficacy of antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, deaths from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining conditions have decreased. OBJECTIVE.—:To examine trends in the cause of death of HIV-infected patients who underwent autopsy at a major ...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.5858/arpa.2019-0144-OA
更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Focal myositis is a benign pseudotumor of skeletal muscle, the cause of which is obscure. It usually appears as a steadily enlarging mass within the muscle of an extremity. The pathologic features are those of an inflammatory myopathy in which lymphocytic infiltrates, muscle cell necrosis, and regeneration are seen. F...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) contains genes that control the structure of many important cell surface antigens and influence a variety of important biological functions. The structures of the MHC in the human, rat and mouse show a remarkable similarity both in terms of the location of their genes and the...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:In the normal course of activity, pathologists create and archive immense data sets of scientifically valuable information. Researchers need pathology-based data sets, annotated with clinical information and linked to archived tissues, to discover and validate new diagnostic tests and therapies. Pathology recor...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/1543-2165(2003)127<680:CMDS>2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We report a case of fatal fibrosing peritonitis in a 28-year-old drug abuser. The extensive fibrosis, which was limited to the abdominal cavity, contained birefringent material. Silica was identified by spectrophotometric analysis. Silica is a component of talc (magnesium silicate) used as a drug filler. Relatively sm...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Cytologic features of low-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma are well described in primary sites. There are fewer reports of the cytologic features specific to metastatic liver lesions or the frequency of misdiagnosis. OBJECTIVE:To identify discriminating cytologic features and characterize the rate of misdiagnosi...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/2009-0616-CP.1
更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Micropapillary urothelial carcinoma (MPUC) is a known aggressive variant of urothelial carcinoma. However, the reasons for its aggressiveness remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the frequency of lymphovascular invasion in 22 cases of MPUC. DESIGN:Consecutive tissue sections were stained with D2-40 and CD...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.5858/arpa.2011-0463-OA
更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Measurement of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is used as an objective measure of long-term blood glucose control in diabetic patients. Recent improvements in automation combined with new recommendations for precision and accuracy have caused us to reevaluate our methods for measuring HbA1c. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/0003-9985(1999)123<0763:EOAFAH>2.0.CO;2
更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In the course of an ultrastructural study on peroral gastric biopsy specimens that were obtained from patients with chronic atrophic gastritis, peculiar pathological changes of endocrine cells were observed and correlated with functional and hormonal data on the patients. An increased number of G (gastrin) cells was f...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:Antibody-mediated humoral rejection in kidney and heart allografts is well recognized and is often associated with poor outcome. C4d deposition in allograft biopsy specimens occurs at sites of antibody-mediated complement activation and has become one of the histopathologic criteria for diagnosis of humoral rej...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/1543-2165(2006)130[1489:EOCSIL]2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Twenty-eight weanling swine were divided into two groups and fed a basal ration of corn and soybean meal or one containing a high fat and cholesterol supplement. One subgroup of each received 220,000 IU of vitamin D3 per kilogram. Grossly normal areas of the distal abdominal aorta were used for quantitative comparison...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Levamisole-induced vasculitis is a characteristic cutaneous vasculitis syndrome associated with the use of levamisole-adulterated cocaine. Patients will typically present with a painful, purpuric rash in a retiform or stellate pattern with or without central necrosis involving the extremities, trunk, nasal tip, digits...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.5858/arpa.2014-0107-RS
更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A case of acquired von Willebrand's syndrome associated with an extranodal pulmonary lymphoma is reported in a 58-year-old man. His initial factor VIII-von Willebrand factor (vWF) complex parameters included a factor VIII activity of 29 U/dL, a vWF protein of 17 U/dL, and a ristocetin cofactor of less than 10 U/dL. A ...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In hyperlipemic swine, areas of the aortic arch that accumulate intravenously injected Evans blue dye (blue areas) appear to be more susceptible to early atherogenesis than adjacent areas that are devoid of dye uptake (white areas). We used immunofluorescence microscopy to determine the localization of apoprotein-B (a...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This report describes a case of acute myeloid leukemia (subtype M1) with biphasic morphology. The bone marrow biopsy showed 2 distinct regions of blasts, one containing large cells and the other small cells. Morphometric and DNA ploidy analysis showed that the mean nuclear area and mean DNA index for the large cell re...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/1543-2165(2004)128<448:BAMLWN>2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT.—:Distinction of hydatidiform moles from nonmolar specimens and subclassification of hydatidiform moles as complete hydatidiform mole versus partial hydatidiform mole are important for clinical practice and investigational studies. Risk of persistent gestational trophoblastic disease and clinical management dif...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.5858/arpa.2018-0226-RA
更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:- At our medical center, cytopathologists perform rapid on-site evaluation for specimen adequacy of fine-needle aspiration and touch imprint of needle core biopsy lung cancer samples. Two years ago the molecular diagnostics laboratory at our institution changed to next-generation sequencing using the Ion Torren...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.5858/arpa.2016-0096-OA
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We describe a young patient with no known family history of cancer who presented at 18 months with 2 advanced primary tumors, choroid plexus carcinoma and adrenal cortical carcinoma. Immunohistochemical studies demonstrated high levels of nuclear p53 protein expression in both tumors, as well as in the adjacent normal...
journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1043/0003-9985(2002)126<0070:CCPCAA>2.0.CO;2
更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
