Efficacy of the 20-minute whole blood clotting test (WBCT20) in the diagnosis of coagulation alteration related to snakebites in a Western Brazilian Amazon hospital

Efficacy of the 20-minute whole blood clotting test (WBCT20) in the diagnosis of coagulation alteration related to snakebites in a Western Brazilian Amazon hospital

Abstract Introduction: The efficacy of 20-minute whole blood clotting (WBCT20) and the Lee-White clotting time (LWCT) tests in diagnosing coagulation alterations from snakebites were compared. Methods: We evaluated 89 snakebite cases treated at the Hospital Regional do Juruá em Cruzeiro do Sul, Ac...

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Main Authors:	Tamires Nascimento da Costa, Ageane Mota da Silva, Rodrigo Medeiros de Souza, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Paulo Sérgio Bernarde
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2021-06-01
Series:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:	Snake bites Blood coagulation tests Venoms Bothrops
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822021000100640&tlng=en

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