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Delayed double reading of whole blood clotting test (WBCT) results at 20 and 30 minutes enhances diagnosis and treatment of viper evenomation
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Autores: Benjamin,Jordan Max; Chippaux,Jean-Philippe; Sambo,Bio Tamou; Massougbodji,Achille.
Abstract  Background The whole blood clotting test (WBCT) is a simple test of coagulation that is often used in the assessment, diagnosis, and therapeutic monitoring of snakebite patients in sub-Saharan Africa. WBCT requires only a clean glass tube and several milliliters of venous blood and is ideal for use in poorly equipped health centers throughout the rural areas where 95% of snakebites occur. However, questions surrounding the accuracy and reliability of the test remain unanswered due to variations in testing conditions and a lack of comparative research with which to validate them. This is the first study to evaluate WBCT results at both 20-min (WBCT20) and 30-min (WBCT30) reading times in the same group of snakebite patients.  Methods In order to...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Africa; Snakebite; Echis; Envenomation; Whole blood clotting test; WBCT; Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy; Carpet viper; Saw-scaled viper.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100308