Title: Construction and validation of a nomogram for predicting survival in elderly patients with
severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study from a tertiary center
Version: 2 Date: 04 Jun 2024
Reviewer's report:
This study identified the factors associated with the survival in elderly patients with severe
acute pancreatitis and constructed a nomogram model to predict their mortality. This study is
interesting and valuable because the nomogram model has the potential to be a useful tool in
the management of elderly patients with SAP. However, there are several concerns about this
manuscript.
Major
1. After reading the manuscript, it is not clear why the authors construct a nomogram model
limited to the elderly rather than all cases. Please provide a more understandable background
targeting only the elderly patients in the introduction.
2. As stated by the authors in lines 73, C-reactive protein (CRP) has been reported to be
associated with the severity of AP. Why the did the authors not include CRP, which is easily
assessable, as an analyzed factor in this study?
Minor
1. The P-values of 0.000 in Table 1 and 2 are not incorrect; changing them to < 0.001 is desirable.
2. It is recommended to increase the font size in Figure 4A.
Title: Construction and validation of a nomogram for predicting survival in elderly patients with
severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study from a tertiary center
Version: 2 Date: 04 Jun 2024
Reviewer's report:
This study identified the factors associated with the survival in elderly patients with severe
acute pancreatitis and constructed a nomogram model to predict their mortality. This study is
interesting and valuable because the nomogram model has the potential to be a useful tool in
the management of elderly patients with SAP. However, there are several concerns about this
manuscript.
Major
1. After reading the manuscript, it is not clear why the authors construct a nomogram model
limited to the elderly rather than all cases. Please provide a more understandable background
targeting only the elderly patients in the introduction.
2. As stated by the authors in lines 73, C-reactive protein (CRP) has been reported to be
associated with the severity of AP. Why the did the authors not include CRP, which is easily
assessable, as an analyzed factor in this study?
Minor
1. The P-values of 0.000 in Table 1 and 2 are not incorrect; changing them to < 0.001 is desirable.
2. It is recommended to increase the font size in Figure 4A.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Construction and validation of a nomogram for predicting survival in elderly patients with
severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study from a tertiary center
Version: 2 Date: 04 Jun 2024
Reviewer's report:
This study identified the factors associated with the survival in elderly patients with severe
acute pancreatitis and constructed a nomogram model to predict their mortality. This study is
interesting and valuable because the nomogram model has the potential to be a useful tool in
the management of elderly patients with SAP. However, there are several concerns about this
manuscript.
Major
1. After reading the manuscript, it is not clear why the authors construct a nomogram model
limited to the elderly rather than all cases. Please provide a more understandable background
targeting only the elderly patients in the introduction.
2. As stated by the authors in lines 73, C-reactive protein (CRP) has been reported to be
associated with the severity of AP. Why the did the authors not include CRP, which is easily
assessable, as an analyzed factor in this study?
Minor
1. The P-values of 0.000 in Table 1 and 2 are not incorrect; changing them to < 0.001 is desirable.
2. It is recommended to increase the font size in Figure 4A.
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