What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
LIVER FUNCTION at admission predicts severity and outcome in Dengue.
Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
NA
Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
NA
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?
Yes
Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Yes
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?
Mortality is not mentioned, saying how many died or discharged and their liver function will be useful.
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?
Yes Very Good .
Other Comments:
Discussion can be also be on how many had cholecystitis and / or abdominal pain.
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:
> 25 years in a teaching hospital.
How to cite: Gohil J R.Liver Functions as a marker of severity of disease in children with Dengue fever[Review of the article 'Liver Functions as a marker of severity of disease in children with Dengue fever ' by Agarkhedkar S].WebmedCentral 2015;6(8):WMCRW003235
LIVER FUNCTION at admission predicts severity and outcome in Dengue.
NA
NA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mortality is not mentioned, saying how many died or discharged and their liver function will be useful.
Yes Very Good .
Discussion can be also be on how many had cholecystitis and / or abdominal pain.
Yes
No
None
> 25 years in a teaching hospital.