Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE | -AND ITS VARIATION | | ABSTRACT: The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), also branded as sedimentation rate or Biernacki Reaction, is the rate at which red blood cells sediment in a time of 1 hour. To execute the test, anti-coagulated blood is positioned in an erect tube, known as a Westergren tube, and the rate at which the red blood cells fall is calculated and accounted in millimeters per hour (mm/h). The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is rarely the solitary evidence to infection in asymptomatic persons and is not a positive selection test. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) has been functional for diagnosis of prosthetic hip and knee infection. Result illustrated that ESR value ranges in such a way that average of female was found as 7.96% mm/ hr and that of male were to be 5.96% mm/hr. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was strongly interrelated with age, haemoglobin level, smoking status, total cholesterol level and systolic blood pressure. | | -From the Desk Of Rabia Sehar | | |
OBJECTIVE:
To determine ESR variations --- in male and female.
INTRODUCTION:
The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), also branded as sedimentation rate or Biernacki Reaction, is the rate at which red blood cells sediment in a time of 1 hour. It is an ordinary hematology test that is a distracted evaluate of inflammation. To execute the test, anti-coagulated blood is positioned in an erect tube, known as a Westergren tube, and the rate at which the red blood cells fall is calculated and accounted in millimeters per hour (mm/h). This test was originated in 1897 by the Polish doctor Edmund Biernacki. In 1918, the Swedish pathologist Robert SannoFåhræus asserted the equivalent and beside with Alf VilhelmAlbertsson Westergren is eponymously considered for the Fåhræus-Westergren test (abbreviated
OBJECTIVE:
To determine ESR variations --- in male and female.
INTRODUCTION:
The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), also branded as sedimentation rate or Biernacki Reaction, is the rate at which red blood cells sediment in a time of 1 hour. It is an ordinary hematology test that is a distracted evaluate of inflammation. To execute the test, anti-coagulated blood is positioned in an erect tube, known as a Westergren tube, and the rate at which the red blood cells fall is calculated and accounted in millimeters per hour (mm/h). This test was originated in 1897 by the Polish doctor Edmund Biernacki. In 1918, the Swedish pathologist Robert SannoFåhræus asserted the equivalent and beside with Alf VilhelmAlbertsson Westergren is eponymously considered for the Fåhræus-Westergren test (abbreviated
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