The 20-minute whole blood clotting test (20WBCT) for snakebite coagulopathy-A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy.

• Main Authors: Thomas Lamb (Author), Michael Abouyannis (Author), Sâmella Silva de Oliveira (Author), Rachana Shenoy K (Author), Tulasi Geevar (Author), Anand Zachariah (Author), Sanjib Kumar Sharma (Author), Navin Bhatt (Author), Mavuto Mukaka (Author), Eli Harriss (Author), David G Lalloo (Author), Elizabeth A Ashley (Author), Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro (Author), Frank Smithuis (Author), Michael Eddleston (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The 20-minute whole blood clotting test (20WBCT) has been used to detect coagulopathy following snakebite for almost 50 years. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the 20WBCT was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of the 20WBCT to detect coagulopathy, indicative of...