Content of review 1, reviewed on November 17, 2020
Comments on abstract, title, references
Abstract: It seems to be clear. The study aimed to estimate the incidence of MRSA in ICU during seven years via a review study by five electronic databases.
Title: Is relevant, mentioning to the place of the study may be necessary.
References: are recent and referenced correctly. But there is a need to be more.
Comments on introduction/background
Introduction: - The study focused on the topic clearly and in short. - The research question is clear. - " There are limited data available regarding the prevalence of MRSA infections among burn patients in the recent years " . This statement must be reviewed.
Comments on methodology
Methodology: - The study design is clear, since all the targeted samples were defined. - The method is easy to understand because it depends on electronic databases.
Comments on data and results
Results: - The date represented primarily in simple and short. - Table 2 and figure 2 are to large. - other results are clear, more focusing is needed to results statistics.
Comments on discussion and conclusions
Conclusions: - The review results were discussed in reliable way. - the interpretation was convenient with suitable references.
Conclusions: - they were results supported. No need to refer to the exact results in conclusions ( numbers and percentages).
Source
© 2020 the Reviewer.
References
Mehmood, K. T., Leng, K. Y., Allah, B., Learn-Han, L., Kok-Gan, C., Bey-Hing, G. 2018. Incidence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in burn intensive care unit: a systematic review. GERMS.
