Peer review report 1 on “Efficacy of computed tomography for the prediction of colectomy and mortality in patients with clostridium difficile infection” | Zendy

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Peer review report 1 on “Efficacy of computed tomography for the prediction of colectomy and mortality in patients with clostridium difficile infection”

Author(s) -

İlker Murat Arer

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of medicine and surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391

H-Index - 23

ISSN - 2049-0801

DOI - 10.1016/j.amsu.2016.12.019

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , computed tomography , colectomy , surgical site infection , intensive care medicine , general surgery , radiology , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , antibiotics , biology , ulcerative colitis

Downloaded for Anonymous User (n/a) at Baskent Univer For personal use only. No other uses without permissio Material and methods are thoroughly explained. However patient population is too low. In results section, post-colectomy mortality was found to be 8.8% however only 10 patients needed colectomy and postoperative mortality should be 30% but overall mortality should be 8.8%. Limitations of the study have been stated.

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