Reviewer's report
Title:Postprandial fullness correlates with gastric barium excretion but not with
chronic gastritis.
Version: 2Date:30 September 2011
Reviewer: Hiroaki Zai
Reviewer's report:
Comments:
The description of study design and methodology has generally been improved in
this resubmitted manuscript. The central finding of the paper remains intriguing,
but the point of an argument still remain to be clarified.
Major Compulsory Revisions
1 The opening two paragraphs of the background (p. 5) are not directly relevant
to the study, and could be edited considerably. Because this study was
performed in healthy subjects.
2 The title of manuscript is inappropriate. It is ambiguous which result of “gastric
barium excretion” correlates with postprandial fullness.
3 The methodology of this study could not describe the gastrointestinal motor
function. This study merely shows that some category of X-ray imaging after
injection of spasmolytic agent correlate with postprandial fullness. The 2nd and
3rd paragraph (p. 12-13) of discussion could be edited considerably.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Reviewer's report
Title:Postprandial fullness correlates with gastric barium excretion but not with
chronic gastritis.
Version: 2Date:30 September 2011
Reviewer: Hiroaki Zai
Reviewer's report:
Comments:
The description of study design and methodology has generally been improved in
this resubmitted manuscript. The central finding of the paper remains intriguing,
but the point of an argument still remain to be clarified.
Major Compulsory Revisions
1 The opening two paragraphs of the background (p. 5) are not directly relevant
to the study, and could be edited considerably. Because this study was
performed in healthy subjects.
2 The title of manuscript is inappropriate. It is ambiguous which result of “gastric
barium excretion” correlates with postprandial fullness.
3 The methodology of this study could not describe the gastrointestinal motor
function. This study merely shows that some category of X-ray imaging after
injection of spasmolytic agent correlate with postprandial fullness. The 2nd and
3rd paragraph (p. 12-13) of discussion could be edited considerably.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Please review this paper.
user
Reviewer's report
Title:Postprandial fullness correlates with gastric barium excretion but not with
chronic gastritis.
Version: 2Date:30 September 2011
Reviewer: Hiroaki Zai
Reviewer's report:
Comments:
The description of study design and methodology has generally been improved in
this resubmitted manuscript. The central finding of the paper remains intriguing,
but the point of an argument still remain to be clarified.
Major Compulsory Revisions
1 The opening two paragraphs of the background (p. 5) are not directly relevant
to the study, and could be edited considerably. Because this study was
performed in healthy subjects.
2 The title of manuscript is inappropriate. It is ambiguous which result of “gastric
barium excretion” correlates with postprandial fullness.
3 The methodology of this study could not describe the gastrointestinal motor
function. This study merely shows that some category of X-ray imaging after
injection of spasmolytic agent correlate with postprandial fullness. The 2nd and
3rd paragraph (p. 12-13) of discussion could be edited considerably.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
assistant