- Title
- Point-of-care testing in snakebite: an envenomed case with false negative coagulation studies
- Creator
- Cubitt, Mya; Armstrong, Jason; McCoubrie, David; White, Julian; Williams, Vaughn; Isbister, Geoffrey K.
- Relation
- Emergency Medicine Australasia Vol. 25, Issue 4, p. 372-373
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.12089
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Early detection of venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) in Australian snake bite is important for early antivenom administration. However, many patients present to smaller or rural hospitals where on-site laboratory coagulations studies are not available. Point-of-care (POC) devices for an international normalised ratio (INR) and D-dimer have become available and have been used in this setting.
- Subject
- antivenom; snakebite; coagulopathy; point-of-care
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1045566
- Identifier
- uon:14481
- Identifier
- ISSN:1742-6731
- Rights
- The definitive version is available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com
- Language
- eng
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