Title: Single center assessment of the role of Oakland score among patients admitted for acute
lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Version: 3 Date: 30 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
the manuscript entitled "Single centre assessment of the role of Oakland score among patients
admitted for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding" raises a crucial point which makes Oakland
score low helpful in some specific clinical settings like chronic anaemia. Anemia has indeed a
high weight in calculating the final score, without specifying its onset. Consequently, I agree
with the author's conclusion suggesting the consideration of a modified version of the score.
However, I have some major concerns which are given by the nature and design of the study.
The single-centre retrospective design with the use of registries carries a high degree of biases
which are already stated by the authors. Moreover, the absence of possible readmission rates to
other hospitals makes it more difficult to encounter this study.
For this reason, I do not suggest this paper for original paper publication. I'd rather suggest
submitting it as a Comment or Letter.
Kind regards
Title: Single center assessment of the role of Oakland score among patients admitted for acute
lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Version: 3 Date: 30 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
the manuscript entitled "Single centre assessment of the role of Oakland score among patients
admitted for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding" raises a crucial point which makes Oakland
score low helpful in some specific clinical settings like chronic anaemia. Anemia has indeed a
high weight in calculating the final score, without specifying its onset. Consequently, I agree
with the author's conclusion suggesting the consideration of a modified version of the score.
However, I have some major concerns which are given by the nature and design of the study.
The single-centre retrospective design with the use of registries carries a high degree of biases
which are already stated by the authors. Moreover, the absence of possible readmission rates to
other hospitals makes it more difficult to encounter this study.
For this reason, I do not suggest this paper for original paper publication. I'd rather suggest
submitting it as a Comment or Letter.
Kind regards
Please review this paper.
user
Title: Single center assessment of the role of Oakland score among patients admitted for acute
lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Version: 3 Date: 30 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
the manuscript entitled "Single centre assessment of the role of Oakland score among patients
admitted for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding" raises a crucial point which makes Oakland
score low helpful in some specific clinical settings like chronic anaemia. Anemia has indeed a
high weight in calculating the final score, without specifying its onset. Consequently, I agree
with the author's conclusion suggesting the consideration of a modified version of the score.
However, I have some major concerns which are given by the nature and design of the study.
The single-centre retrospective design with the use of registries carries a high degree of biases
which are already stated by the authors. Moreover, the absence of possible readmission rates to
other hospitals makes it more difficult to encounter this study.
For this reason, I do not suggest this paper for original paper publication. I'd rather suggest
submitting it as a Comment or Letter.
Kind regards
assistant