Title: Who would avoid severe adverse events from nasointestinal tube in small bowel
obstruction?—a matched case-control study
Version: 2 Date: 20 Feb 2022
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
This is an interesting paper. You have reviewed your institution's use of NIT to treat SBO and
identified risk factors for adverse outcomes.
Interestingly the finding that Hb and chloride levels can predict failure/SAE of conservative
treatment is new.
Please justify your institutions usage of NIT compared to standard NG tube decompression.
Also correct the sentence in the patient population section: "and a distended large bowel with
air-fluid" should read SMALL bowel.
The overall structure is fair and with a few amendments may be suitable for publication
Title: Who would avoid severe adverse events from nasointestinal tube in small bowel
obstruction?—a matched case-control study
Version: 2 Date: 20 Feb 2022
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
This is an interesting paper. You have reviewed your institution's use of NIT to treat SBO and
identified risk factors for adverse outcomes.
Interestingly the finding that Hb and chloride levels can predict failure/SAE of conservative
treatment is new.
Please justify your institutions usage of NIT compared to standard NG tube decompression.
Also correct the sentence in the patient population section: "and a distended large bowel with
air-fluid" should read SMALL bowel.
The overall structure is fair and with a few amendments may be suitable for publication
Please review this paper.
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Title: Who would avoid severe adverse events from nasointestinal tube in small bowel
obstruction?—a matched case-control study
Version: 2 Date: 20 Feb 2022
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
This is an interesting paper. You have reviewed your institution's use of NIT to treat SBO and
identified risk factors for adverse outcomes.
Interestingly the finding that Hb and chloride levels can predict failure/SAE of conservative
treatment is new.
Please justify your institutions usage of NIT compared to standard NG tube decompression.
Also correct the sentence in the patient population section: "and a distended large bowel with
air-fluid" should read SMALL bowel.
The overall structure is fair and with a few amendments may be suitable for publication
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