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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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The Sedimentation Rate

JAMA, 1968
The sedimentation rate measures the rate of fall of erythrocytes in the plasma. The rate is accelerated when alterations in plasma protein fractions cause rouleau formation or aggregation of red blood cells due to change in physicochemical properties of plasma and erythrocyte surfaces.
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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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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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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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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 and Stress

Acta Medica Scandinavica, 1979
ABSTRACT. The effect of a 75‐hour vigil on the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), i.a., was studied in two experiments with 63 healthy male volunteers. The ESR was increased at the end of the vigil compared with pre‐exposure values. The increases did not correlate significantly with concomitant changes in serum triglycerides, free fatty acids ...
J, Palmblad, C G, Karlsson, L, Levi, L, Lidberg   +3 more
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The Sedimentation Rate in Endogenous Uveitis

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1965
Elevation of the sedimentation rate (SR) is a sensitive indicator in a host of ailments. As a general warning of organic troubles, it surpasses most other tests. While the SR test does not aid in the etiologic diagnosis of an individual case of uveitis, a study of it in a large series of uveitis patients is of possible interest in regard to the general
T F, SCHLAEGEL, J C, WEBER
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Obesity and the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1988
Excerpt Obesity is included in the differential diagnosis of an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (1, 2).
W O, Richter, W, Möhrle, P, Schwandt
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