Diagnostic 20-min whole blood clotting test in Russell's viper envenoming delays antivenom administration

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 925-932

  Isbister, G K ^a,b   Maduwage, K ^a,b   Shahmy, S ^b   Mohamed, F ^b,c   Abeysinghe, C ^d,e   Karunathilake, H ^d,e   Ariaratnam, C A ^f   Buckley, N A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e Polonnaruwa General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

20 MIN WHOLE BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DABOIA RUSSELLII; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUSSELL VIPER ENVENOMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAKEBITE; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD COAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SNAKE BITES; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPER VENOMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881288953     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct102     Document Type: Article

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