Reviewer's report 
 A conscious mouse model of gastric ileus using clinically relevant endpoints. Title: 
 2  8 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Yvette Tache Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
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p. 13, 1st paragraph, there is no comment on the significant effect of LPS at 0.4 mg/kg on mean arterial blood pressure. Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong 
use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct. 
Fig. 11 will be better expressed including real values and saline group within the graph. It is not clear 
why only one parameter is significantly different in the 2 ml/kg LPS dose while values seems to be 
10-20% of control. 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Reviewer's report 
 A conscious mouse model of gastric ileus using clinically relevant endpoints. Title: 
 2  8 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Yvette Tache Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
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p. 13, 1st paragraph, there is no comment on the significant effect of LPS at 0.4 mg/kg on mean arterial blood pressure. Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong 
use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct. 
Fig. 11 will be better expressed including real values and saline group within the graph. It is not clear 
why only one parameter is significantly different in the 2 ml/kg LPS dose while values seems to be 
10-20% of control. 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
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Reviewer's report 
 A conscious mouse model of gastric ileus using clinically relevant endpoints. Title: 
 2  8 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Yvette Tache Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
p. 13, 1st paragraph, there is no comment on the significant effect of LPS at 0.4 mg/kg on mean arterial blood pressure. Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong 
use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct. 
Fig. 11 will be better expressed including real values and saline group within the graph. It is not clear 
why only one parameter is significantly different in the 2 ml/kg LPS dose while values seems to be 
10-20% of control. 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
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