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Published on: 14 Dec 2018 12:21:53 PM GMT
 

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    This is a common topic among gastroenterologist and surgeons.

    The author claimed the sign and symptom, assessment, initial management, endoscopy treatment and medical therapy.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Quite good summary of the informations.


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    yup


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    yup


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    NA


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    valid


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    Suggest author to mention more about difference between PPI and H2RA, differences among different types of PPI in medical theray of UGIB.


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    fair


  • Other Comments:

    not

  • Competing interests:

  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I am a medical lecturer, Gastroenterologist with experience of management of UGIB.

  • How to cite:  Chieng J .Review of the endoscopic and medical management of non-variceal Upper Gastro-intestinal Bleeding[Review of the article 'Review of the endoscopic and medical management of non-variceal Upper Gastro-intestinal Bleeding ' by Khattak M].WebmedCentral 2018;10(1):WMCRW003405
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  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    Importance of the preliminary hemodynamic stabilization of the patient; endoscopic methods of hemostasis.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    No.


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes.


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    ---


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    The Author has not reported the methodology to select the articles taken into consideration.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    Report Rockall Score and Blatchford Score in a table.

    Discuss the rebleeding frequencies of each endoscopic haemostasis method.

    Discuss how long is correct to use PPIs.

    Discuss fecal HP research rather than bioptic research.


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    ---


  • Other Comments:

    ---

     

  • Competing interests:

  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Director of Department of Medicine and AGA Fellow

  • How to cite:  Sossai P .Considerations on a review about therapies of non variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding[Review of the article 'Review of the endoscopic and medical management of non-variceal Upper Gastro-intestinal Bleeding ' by Khattak M].WebmedCentral 2018;9(12):WMCRW003404
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