Reviewer's report 
 A comparison of Child-Pugh, APACHE II and APACHE III scoring systems in predicting Title: 
hospital mortality of patients with liver cirrhosis 
Authors: 
Constantinos Chatzicostas ( matrix01gr@yahoo.gr )
Dr Maria Roussomoustakaki ( mrousso1@hotmail.com )
Georgios Notas ( chief@med.uoc.gr )
Ioannis G Vlachonikolis ( i.vlachonikolis@surrey.ac.uk )
Demetrios Samonakis ( photein@in.gr )
John Romanos ( romanos@med.uoc.gr )
Emmanouel Vardas ( evardas@hotmail.com )
Prof Elias A Kouroumalis ( kouroum@med.uoc.gr )
 3  1 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Bekele Afessa Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Other (see below) Advice on publication: 
The revised manuscript is well written. The authors have satisfied all of my concerns and I believe 
the paper will be a great contribution to the medical literature. I have minimal comments that should not delay the acceptance of the paper. 
1. Page 5, line 1, change "transferal" to "transfer". 
2. Page 18, reference 43, delete "43". 3. A brief explanation (if possible) why 8 DF was used for APACHE III but 6 for APACHE II and CP scores. 
The authors should be congratulated for the excellent revision and tremendous work. 
Thank you. 
Bekele Afessa, MD 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Reviewer's report 
 A comparison of Child-Pugh, APACHE II and APACHE III scoring systems in predicting Title: 
hospital mortality of patients with liver cirrhosis 
Authors: 
Constantinos Chatzicostas ( matrix01gr@yahoo.gr )
Dr Maria Roussomoustakaki ( mrousso1@hotmail.com )
Georgios Notas ( chief@med.uoc.gr )
Ioannis G Vlachonikolis ( i.vlachonikolis@surrey.ac.uk )
Demetrios Samonakis ( photein@in.gr )
John Romanos ( romanos@med.uoc.gr )
Emmanouel Vardas ( evardas@hotmail.com )
Prof Elias A Kouroumalis ( kouroum@med.uoc.gr )
 3  1 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Bekele Afessa Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Other (see below) Advice on publication: 
The revised manuscript is well written. The authors have satisfied all of my concerns and I believe 
the paper will be a great contribution to the medical literature. I have minimal comments that should not delay the acceptance of the paper. 
1. Page 5, line 1, change "transferal" to "transfer". 
2. Page 18, reference 43, delete "43". 3. A brief explanation (if possible) why 8 DF was used for APACHE III but 6 for APACHE II and CP scores. 
The authors should be congratulated for the excellent revision and tremendous work. 
Thank you. 
Bekele Afessa, MD 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 A comparison of Child-Pugh, APACHE II and APACHE III scoring systems in predicting Title: 
hospital mortality of patients with liver cirrhosis 
Authors: 
Constantinos Chatzicostas ( matrix01gr@yahoo.gr )
Dr Maria Roussomoustakaki ( mrousso1@hotmail.com )
Georgios Notas ( chief@med.uoc.gr )
Ioannis G Vlachonikolis ( i.vlachonikolis@surrey.ac.uk )
Demetrios Samonakis ( photein@in.gr )
John Romanos ( romanos@med.uoc.gr )
Emmanouel Vardas ( evardas@hotmail.com )
Prof Elias A Kouroumalis ( kouroum@med.uoc.gr )
 3  1 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Bekele Afessa Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Other (see below) Advice on publication: 
The revised manuscript is well written. The authors have satisfied all of my concerns and I believe 
the paper will be a great contribution to the medical literature. I have minimal comments that should not delay the acceptance of the paper. 
1. Page 5, line 1, change "transferal" to "transfer". 
2. Page 18, reference 43, delete "43". 3. A brief explanation (if possible) why 8 DF was used for APACHE III but 6 for APACHE II and CP scores. 
The authors should be congratulated for the excellent revision and tremendous work. 
Thank you. 
Bekele Afessa, MD 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
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