ArticleIndian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology2015
Hookworm infestation is not an uncommon cause of obscure occult and overt gastrointestinal bleeding in an endemic area: A study using capsule endoscopy.
Article in Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Endoscopic Diagnosis ofDEN open · 2027Article
- Unmasking the Hidden Culprit: Capsule Endoscopy Reveals Diffuse Hookworm Infestation as a Cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Refractory Anemia-A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Capsule Endoscopy in the Diagnosis of Hookworm-Induced Acute Intestinal Bleeding-A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Capsule endoscopy for obscure gastrointestinal bleed in the tropics: A single-center experience on 350 patients.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Capsule endoscopy for small bowel bleed: Current update.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2024Review
- Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Anaemia: A Neglected Association Outside the Tropics.Microorganisms · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB), particularly occult, has been reported to be caused by hookworm infestation rarely from tropical countries, particularly India. Hence, we undertook a retrospective study evaluating frequency, clinical spectrum, and outcome of patients with OGIB associated with worm infestation. Data of consecutive patients with OGIB undergoing capsule endoscopy in a multilevel university hospital in northern India were retrospectively analyzed. Twenty-one out of 163 (13 %) patients with OGIB had hookworm infestation detected on capsule endoscopy. Of 21 patients (median age 65 years [range 19-82], 17 [81 %] male), 16 had overt and 5 had occult OGIB. Another lesion that could explain OGIB was present in 8/21 patients, 3/5 with OGIB occult, and 5/16 overt (p = ns). All the patients received treatment with albendazole and appropriate measures for the associated lesion, if any. Patients with hookworm infestation with another lesion experienced recurrent bleeding more often than those with worm infestation only. Hookworm infestation is an important cause of occult as well as overt OGIB and may be present even in association with another lesion. Those with additional lesion had recurrent bleeding more often than those with worm infestation alone.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.