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Comparison of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate measured by the micro test 1 sedimentation analyzer and the conventional westergren method

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2007
Background: The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) remains the most widely used laboratory test for monitoring infections, inflammatory diseases and some types of cancer. Several test methods have been develoo oped recently, and as a result, the safety
Arikan Serap, Akalin Nalan
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Diagnostic performance of the Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form - Version II (MEONF-II) and Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) among hospital inpatients - a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing, 2011
Background The usefulness of the nutritional screening tool Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form - Version II (MEONF-II) relative to Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) remains untested.
Westergren Albert, Norberg Erika, Hagell Peter   +2 more
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Cut-off scores for the Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form – Version II (MEONF-II) among hospital inpatients

Food & Nutrition Research, 2011
The newly developed Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form – Version II (MEONF-II) has shown promising sensitivity and specificity in relation to the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA).
Peter Hagell, Christina Vallén, Albert Westergren, Erika Norberg   +3 more
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Quality of life with conservative care compared with assisted peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis [PDF]

, 2018
Background. There is little information about quality of life (QoL) for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) choosing conservative kidney management (CKM).
Barendse, Brown, Chandna, Da Silva-Gane, Davies, De Biase, Devins, Helvik, Hussain, Iyasere, Jakobsson, Jassal, Johansen, Kamar, Mahoney, Morton, Murphy, Murtagh, O'Connor, Okamoto, Rockwood, Roshanravan, Seow, Sexton, Shum, Verberne, Zigmond   +26 more
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Comparative Study of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Using Trisodium Citrate, Normal Saline and Whole Blood in Ethylene Di Amine Tetra Acetic Acid (EDTA)

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2010
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was carried out on 200 apparently healthy individuals (131 males and 69 females) in Ekpoma using trisodium citrate, normal saline diluents and whole blood suspension in EDTA without any diluents. The Westergren method
OF Emelike, J Akpan, B Obigwe, Z Jeremiah   +3 more
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A meta-Ethnography on Parents’ Experiences of the Internet As a Source of Health Information

Global Qualitative Nursing Research
The Internet is increasingly being used as a health information resource. This meta-ethnography aimed to synthesize the literature on how parents of children aged below 5 years’ experienced using the Internet for health information purposes.
Thale Strand, Thomas Westergren
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Zero-Crossing Statistics for Non-Markovian Time Series

, 2017
In applications spaning from image analysis and speech recognition, to energy dissipation in turbulence and time-to failure of fatigued materials, researchers and engineers want to calculate how often a stochastic observable crosses a specific level ...
Ambjörnsson, Tobias, Lizana, Ludvig, Nyberg, Markus   +2 more
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Velocidad de Sedimentación Globular en el método Westergren con citrato de sódico y ácido etilendiaminotetracético

Medimay, 2022
Introducción: La velocidad de sedimentación globular, es la segunda prueba de hematología, solicitada en la Atención Primaria de Salud. La muestra para la biometría hemática de contadores electrónicos con etilendiaminotetracético de potásico al 10 % es ...
Nancy Prieto Martínez, Yusnelys Denis Nuevo, Ania de la Caridad Zayas García, Denis Verdasquera Corcho   +3 more
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Comparison of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Results of Test-1 and Automatic Westergren Device with Reference Westergren Method

Gazi Medical Journal, 2014
Aim: International Council of Standardization in Hematology (ICSH) suggests Westergren method as a reference method in erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) measurement. There are lots of modified methods and devices which use different sample types recently.
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Evaluation of a Dutch version of the AIMS2 for patients with rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]

, 1996
DUTCH-AIMS2, a Dutch version of AIMS2 and successor to DUTCH-AIMS, is an instrument to assess health status among patients with rheumatic diseases. It provides measurements of 12 areas of health status on scales for health status proper, satisfaction ...
Houtman, P.M., Paassen, H.C. van, Rasker, J.J., Riemsma, R.P., Taal, E., Wiegman, O.   +5 more
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