Citation

Dorji T. Clin. Case Rep. 2020; 8(1): 194-197.

Affiliation

Samtse General Hospital Samtse Bhutan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ccr3.2598

PMID

31998515

PMCID

PMC6982470

Abstract

The classification of snakebite is based on clinical examination and laboratory tests. In cases, of suspected hemotoxic snakebite, the anti-snakebite venom (ASV) is administered based on 20-minute whole blood clotting time. However, the use of ASV should be guided by the presence of bleeding diathesis along with raised clotting time.

© 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Language: en

Keywords

20‐minute WBCT; anti‐snake venom; snakebite; whole blood clotting time