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Stages and Spaces - amy1223


Posted: Mar 10, 2015

Hey everyone,

Just curious about this... I just got a report back from my QA at work, and she dinged me for writing "End stage renal disease" instead of "Endstage renal disease."  Now, someone correct me if I am wrong, but those are 2 separate words and should not be together like that, I dont think.  I wouldn't write Stage6 or Stage4 together, so why the difference with end stage?  We are supposed to used the 3rd edition BOS, but I can't find a reference for this.  Anyone else got a clue?

Thanks!

End-stage renal disease - no message

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Renal - Endstage

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Some years ago, I was taught it was endstage and so that is how I do it.

end-stage renal disease - SM

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Per nih.gov (National Institutes of Health) and also per the websites of Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Mayo Clinic, they all show end-stage with a hyphen.

endstage - mt15

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According to Stedman's, it is now one word and no hyphen. Also, follow the newest BOS rules regarding hyphenating. We combine the 2 words unless it is two of the same vowels such as intra-abdominal.


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