20 minute Whole Blood Clotting Test(20'WBCT) recommended by World Health Organisation guidelines is probably the most routinely employed bed side screening tool in the country. The Modified Lee and White (MLW) method gives a value which when performed serially gives a trend in clotting time which the investigators hypothesise to be a better tool in serially assessing the victim compared to the 20'WBCT. The investigators propose that delayed reading of both MLW and 20'WBCT to check for clot stability at 30 minutes also provides added information in management of snake bite victims.
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Sensitivity and specificity of serial Modified Lee White Method(MLW) in comparison with twenty minute Whole Blood Clotting Test in detecting coagulopathy in snakebite victims.
Timeframe: 48 hours of snakebite
Sensitivity and Specificity of admission Modified Lee White Method(MLW) and twenty minute Whole Blood Clotting Test in detecting coagulopathy in snakebite victims.
Timeframe: 48 hours