Reviewer's report 
 Gastrointestinal failure in intensive care: a retrospective clinical study in three different intensive care Title: 
units in Germany and Estonia. 
 5  8 May 2006 Version: Date: 
 Durk Zandstra Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The questions put forward in the first reviewers report have received ample attention by the authors and have been incorporated in the revised version of the manuscript. Limitations of the retrospective character and the rather weak GIF definitions are highlighted sufficiently by the authors. 
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 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
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 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
Reviewer's report 
 Gastrointestinal failure in intensive care: a retrospective clinical study in three different intensive care Title: 
units in Germany and Estonia. 
 5  8 May 2006 Version: Date: 
 Durk Zandstra Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The questions put forward in the first reviewers report have received ample attention by the authors and have been incorporated in the revised version of the manuscript. Limitations of the retrospective character and the rather weak GIF definitions are highlighted sufficiently by the authors. 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) none 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) none 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
none 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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Reviewer's report 
 Gastrointestinal failure in intensive care: a retrospective clinical study in three different intensive care Title: 
units in Germany and Estonia. 
 5  8 May 2006 Version: Date: 
 Durk Zandstra Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The questions put forward in the first reviewers report have received ample attention by the authors and have been incorporated in the revised version of the manuscript. Limitations of the retrospective character and the rather weak GIF definitions are highlighted sufficiently by the authors. 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) none 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) none 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
none 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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