Data collection and data management
snakebites, coagulopathy
BLOOD, COAGULOPATHY
The data extracted from the patients' hospital records were transcribed into pre-structured data extraction forms (Additional File Prior to data analysis, all database entries were independently cross-checked with the scanned patient record by two other independent researchers who would reach consensus on any correction. The presence of any clinical feature was recorded as present if it was recorded in the structured folio or in the medical staff’s clinical notes. Clinical features not recorded as present in the Clinical feature section of the folio were coded as not present.Data linkage was undertaken to identify the outcome of any patient transferred from a primary hospital to the Teaching Hospital, Kurunegala (THK). After data linkage for transfers, all subsequent analysis was anonymized.The details of the hospital stocking of antivenom and the contents of the resuscitation trolley were checked routinely for the availability of bag valve masks (Ambu bags) and test tubes to conduct the 20-min Whole Blood Clotting Time (WBCT20) test, used to identify the clinically significant coagulopathy in snakebites [