Impact of fecal occult blood on obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: Observational study

doi:10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.326

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 21, Issue 1

This Article

Academic Content and Language Evaluation of This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Research Domain of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Number of Hits and Downloads for This Article

Total Article Views (7772)

All Articles published online

The chart showing PDF series, WORD series, HTML series, Figures (1-2) series, Tables (1-6) series.

Item

Count

PDF

454

WORD

313

HTML

3980

Figures (1-2)

218

Tables (1-6)

198

Sum=5163

Publishing Process of This Article

The chart showing Browse series, Download series.

Item

Count

Browse

1149

Download

1460

Sum=2609

Jan 7, 2015 (publication date) through Feb 1, 2025

Times Cited of This Article

Times Cited (11)

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN

1007-9327

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Observational Study

World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2015; 21(1): 326-332
Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.326

Table 6 Multivariate analysis of predictive factors for small bowel diseases in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Factor	OR	95%CI	P value
Positive FOBT	2.5	1.4-4.6	0.003
Overt OGIB	1.4	0.78-2.6	0.25
Hemoglobin level ≤ 10.6 g/dL	1.2	0.68-2.3	0.48

FOBT: Fecal occult blood test; OGIB: Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; CI: confidence interval.

Citation: Kobayashi Y, Watabe H, Yamada A, Suzuki H, Hirata Y, Yamaji Y, Yoshida H, Koike K. Impact of fecal occult blood on obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: Observational study. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(1): 326-332
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i1/326.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.326