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Point‐of‐care testing in snakebite: An envenomed case with false negative coagulation studies
Author(s) -
Cubitt Mya,
Armstrong Jason,
McCoubrie David,
White Julian,
Williams Vaughan,
Isbister Geoffrey K
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.12089
Subject(s) - medicine , antivenom , venipuncture , point of care testing , surgery , anesthesia , emergency medicine , venom , immunology , ecology , biology
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
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