Developing Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Intensivists: A Case for Distinct Training
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The main question and topic of this article is the need for standardization and improvement of the cardiothoracic intensive care medicine subspecialization program. Considering the progress of cardiothoracic surgery and the procedures and devices that are used in cardiothoracic intensive care medicine, authors in this article describe current education of cardiothoracic critical care intensivists and propose a new program for this subspecialization.
The article is very interesting and important for all employees in cardiac intensive care units: new solutions related to medical training are offered. The solutions are well explained and argued. The article offers new, different solutions for this subspecialization. The article is well written, the text is clear and easy to read. The conclusions are clear and they answer the questions posed in the text.Author Response
We thank Reviewer 1 for their comments. We are grateful for their time and interest.
Reviewer 2 Report
Dear Authors,
I appreciate a great opportunity to review your new manuscript.
Overall it is an interesting, well-written paper.
I would consider to add some new publication to references and discussion part -.
1. DJ Kim ER al Korean J Thorac Cardiovascular Surg 2020
2. HY Wu et al J Chinese Med Assoc 2018
Author Response
We thank Reviewer 2 for their insightful comments. Suggested references have been added. They are numbered as reference #25 and reference # 26. Please see Tracked Version highlighted in red.
