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Comparison of bedside clotting tests for detecting venom-induced consumption coagulopathy following Sri Lankan viper envenoming

Supun Wedasinghaa Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka;b South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri LankaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3703-9764View further author information
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Anjana Silvaa Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka;b South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;c Monash Venom Group, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-3707View further author information
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Sisira Siribaddanaa Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri LankaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-2557View further author information
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Kanishka Seneviratned Emergency Treatment Unit, Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura, Sri LankaView further author information
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Geoffrey K. Isbisterb South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;e Clinical Toxicology Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1328-1335 | Received 21 Jul 2022, Accepted 21 Sep 2022, Published online: 02 Nov 2022

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