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The erythrocyte sedimentation rate

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1997
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate has been used for over 50 years for everything from predicting disease severity to assessing general sickness index. Its perceived utility has been based on medical myths and its use too often based only on a consultant's demand or a shotgun approach to diagnosis. This article focuses on examining the specific utility
J S, Olshaker, D A, Jerrard
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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1967
ABSTRACT To the Editor:— The article, "Significance of Extreme Elevation of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate," by Zacharski and Kyle (202:264, 1967) states that "an elevated level may justify lengthy and costly laboratory and radiologic investigtions." When a patient is found to have an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), even in the absence ...
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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate/Zeta Sedimentation Rate

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1986
Sedimentation rates are a vital laboratory adjunct to the clinical skills of the emergency physician. A patient with an elevated rate in the emergency department needs further evaluation and appropriate referral. If the test is markedly elevated, there is a 95 per cent chance of an infectious, inflammatory, or neoplastic process as the underlying cause.
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The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1972
Factors that affect this frequently performed test are described, and a table of normal values is presented and explained. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is still considered to be a useful test in many circumstances.
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The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1987
Excerpt To the editor: The recommendation by Drs. Sox and Liang (1) for the diagnostic use of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) calls for some comment.
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The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1986
Excerpt To the editor: As a diagnostician, I was pleased to see the critical review of the current value, or lack thereof, of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate by Drs. Sox and Liang (1).
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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and Age

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1976
One hundred sixty-nine adult patients admitted to McPherson Hospital for elective eye or ear, nose, and throat surgery had erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESRs) performed by the Wintrobe method, in addition to the usual admission laboratory work. The patients were selected for study if they had no known disease or were not receiving any medication ...
G S, Hayes, I N, Stinson
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Obesity and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rates

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1985
Excerpt To the editor: During the screening laboratory examination of morbidly obese patients being evaluated for gastric bypass surgery, erythrocyte sedimentation rates, as measured by the modifie...
P S, Pasulka   +2 more
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