Title: Diagnostic yield of esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, and small bowel
endoscopy in Thai adults with chronic diarrhea
Version: 3 Date: 16 Oct 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the author's explanation. However, I still concern about a very high percentage of
IBS patients in this study (39%).  This maybe from the limitation of retrospective study.  Some
physicians might not strict to the definition of chronic diarrhea (> 4 weeks of persistent watery
diarrhea) and made a wrong diagnosis in IBS patients as a chronic diarrhea.  Please discuss on
this issue and consider mention this uncommon finding in the limitation of this study.
Title: Diagnostic yield of esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, and small bowel
endoscopy in Thai adults with chronic diarrhea
Version: 3 Date: 16 Oct 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the author's explanation. However, I still concern about a very high percentage of
IBS patients in this study (39%).  This maybe from the limitation of retrospective study.  Some
physicians might not strict to the definition of chronic diarrhea (> 4 weeks of persistent watery
diarrhea) and made a wrong diagnosis in IBS patients as a chronic diarrhea.  Please discuss on
this issue and consider mention this uncommon finding in the limitation of this study.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Diagnostic yield of esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, and small bowel
endoscopy in Thai adults with chronic diarrhea
Version: 3 Date: 16 Oct 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the author's explanation. However, I still concern about a very high percentage of
IBS patients in this study (39%).  This maybe from the limitation of retrospective study.  Some
physicians might not strict to the definition of chronic diarrhea (> 4 weeks of persistent watery
diarrhea) and made a wrong diagnosis in IBS patients as a chronic diarrhea.  Please discuss on
this issue and consider mention this uncommon finding in the limitation of this study.
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