Title: Association between hematocrit and mortality in critically ill patients with acute
pancreatitis: a retrospective cohort study
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jan 2025
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses a testable research
question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clear objective)?
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow
confidence in the results?
No - there are minor issues
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Yes - appropriate statistical analyses have been used in the study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are minor issues
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version of this work technically
sound? If not, can revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Probably - with minor revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: The manuscript is presented well and investigates an important
question in clinical pancreatology.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
The following comments may help improve the manuscript:
1. Please specify the differences between the MIMIC-IV and MIMIC-III datasets.
2. What was the time period between hospital admission and ICU admission?
3. Were data missing completely at random?
4. Please investigate cause-specific mortality as a secondary endpoint.
Title: Association between hematocrit and mortality in critically ill patients with acute
pancreatitis: a retrospective cohort study
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jan 2025
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses a testable research
question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clear objective)?
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow
confidence in the results?
No - there are minor issues
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Yes - appropriate statistical analyses have been used in the study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are minor issues
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version of this work technically
sound? If not, can revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Probably - with minor revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: The manuscript is presented well and investigates an important
question in clinical pancreatology.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
The following comments may help improve the manuscript:
1. Please specify the differences between the MIMIC-IV and MIMIC-III datasets.
2. What was the time period between hospital admission and ICU admission?
3. Were data missing completely at random?
4. Please investigate cause-specific mortality as a secondary endpoint.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Association between hematocrit and mortality in critically ill patients with acute
pancreatitis: a retrospective cohort study
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jan 2025
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses a testable research
question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clear objective)?
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow
confidence in the results?
No - there are minor issues
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Yes - appropriate statistical analyses have been used in the study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are minor issues
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version of this work technically
sound? If not, can revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Probably - with minor revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: The manuscript is presented well and investigates an important
question in clinical pancreatology.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
The following comments may help improve the manuscript:
1. Please specify the differences between the MIMIC-IV and MIMIC-III datasets.
2. What was the time period between hospital admission and ICU admission?
3. Were data missing completely at random?
4. Please investigate cause-specific mortality as a secondary endpoint.
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