Title: Timing of endoscopy in patients with acute variceal bleeding in cirrhosis: An updated
systematic review and meta-analysis
Version: 1 Date: 06 Jun 2025
Reviewer's report:
The authors have responded substantively to the reviewers' comments: supplementing the
PRISMA checklist, search dates, sensitivity analyses, meta-regressions, and amending the
formulation of conclusions to acknowledge the risk of confounding bias. This is the largest meta-
analysis of AVB endoscopic timing to date, and the paper will have a positive impact on the
field. In response, the author has made detailed revisions to the reviewers' comments, and I have
no comment.
Title: Timing of endoscopy in patients with acute variceal bleeding in cirrhosis: An updated
systematic review and meta-analysis
Version: 1 Date: 06 Jun 2025
Reviewer's report:
The authors have responded substantively to the reviewers' comments: supplementing the
PRISMA checklist, search dates, sensitivity analyses, meta-regressions, and amending the
formulation of conclusions to acknowledge the risk of confounding bias. This is the largest meta-
analysis of AVB endoscopic timing to date, and the paper will have a positive impact on the
field. In response, the author has made detailed revisions to the reviewers' comments, and I have
no comment.
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Title: Timing of endoscopy in patients with acute variceal bleeding in cirrhosis: An updated
systematic review and meta-analysis
Version: 1 Date: 06 Jun 2025
Reviewer's report:
The authors have responded substantively to the reviewers' comments: supplementing the
PRISMA checklist, search dates, sensitivity analyses, meta-regressions, and amending the
formulation of conclusions to acknowledge the risk of confounding bias. This is the largest meta-
analysis of AVB endoscopic timing to date, and the paper will have a positive impact on the
field. In response, the author has made detailed revisions to the reviewers' comments, and I have
no comment.
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