Reviewer's report
Title:A new Adult Appendicitis Score improves diagnostic accuracy of acute
appendicitis - A prospective study
Version:2Date:30 March 2014
Reviewer: Han-Ping Wu
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
The new score is used to improve the diagnostic accuracy of acute appendicitis.
However, the variables in this score should be redesigned because the variables
are more complicated than those in the Alvarado score. Also, the weights of
variables remain equivocal. The design seems too complicated and should be
simp and easily applied in clinical practice.
Minor Essential Revisionsle
Table 3 and Table 4 should be combined as a single table
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:A new Adult Appendicitis Score improves diagnostic accuracy of acute
appendicitis - A prospective study
Version:2Date:30 March 2014
Reviewer: Han-Ping Wu
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
The new score is used to improve the diagnostic accuracy of acute appendicitis.
However, the variables in this score should be redesigned because the variables
are more complicated than those in the Alvarado score. Also, the weights of
variables remain equivocal. The design seems too complicated and should be
simp and easily applied in clinical practice.
Minor Essential Revisionsle
Table 3 and Table 4 should be combined as a single table
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:A new Adult Appendicitis Score improves diagnostic accuracy of acute
appendicitis - A prospective study
Version:2Date:30 March 2014
Reviewer: Han-Ping Wu
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
The new score is used to improve the diagnostic accuracy of acute appendicitis.
However, the variables in this score should be redesigned because the variables
are more complicated than those in the Alvarado score. Also, the weights of
variables remain equivocal. The design seems too complicated and should be
simp and easily applied in clinical practice.
Minor Essential Revisionsle
Table 3 and Table 4 should be combined as a single table
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
no competing interests
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