Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate: Journey Verifying a New Method for an Imperfect Test

An automated method for recording the Westergren erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

The peroxydatic activity of haemoglobin in the presence of hydrogen peroxide catalyses the oxidation of TMB to a coloured product. Haemoglobin peroxidase has been termed a 'pseudoperoxidase'7 because, unlike true peroxidases which exhibit specificity for phenols, erythrocytes contain a peroxidase (erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase) specific for oxidation of reduced glutathione. This causes the...

Value of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate as a screening test.

as a routine screening test. Borchgrevink, Heist0, and Reimers Reksten (1965) found 41 (2 per cent.) of 2,205 Norwegian male blood donors with an ESR over 20 mm./hr; nineteen of these showed a persistent elevation. The ESR has not usually been included in screening programmes (Jungner, 1966; Collen, 1966), but we have found it of great value and therefore present our experience with 2,000 men. ...

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

In their article entitled: “The decrease in erythrocyte sedimentation rate related to general anesthesia”, Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 35 (2006) 459–462, Caglayan and co-workers have investigated the effects of general anesthetic agents on erythrocyte properties, reflected in changes in the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR). In their introduction the authors referred to the one-hour ESR method ...

Reference method for the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) test on human blood.

C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate: Continuing role for erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Background: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) tests are often done to detect or monitor patients with suspected inflammatory disorders. The objective of the study was to ascertain if the manual ESR test added value to the information available from automated CRP results alone. Methods: In this retrospective, observational study at a safety-net hospital, the ESR a...