a measurement of how quickly red blood cells fall to the bottom of a test tube. When swelling and inflammation are present, the blood's proteins clump together and become heavier than normal. Thus, when measured, they fall and settle faster at the bottom of the test tube. Generally, the faster the blood cells fall, the more severe the inflammation.
ESR. The distance red blood cells travel in one hour in a sample of blood as they settle to the bottom of a test tube. The sedimentation rate is increased in inflammation, infection, cancer, rheumatic diseases, and diseases of the blood and bone marrow. Also called sedimentation rate.
blood test used to monitor inflammation See also: Giant Cell Arteritis
the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation
The rate of settling of red blood cells in anticoagulated blood; a higher rate is associated with increased inflammation.
A test that can indicate the degree of inflammation in the body. It actually is a measurement of the speed with which red blood cells fall in a test tube of blood. In the measure of certain proteins produced in response to inflammation, red cells form "stacks" or "rouleaux" (small rolls) and settle out at a more rapid rate than normal.
rate of settling of red blood cells in anti-coagulated blood; increased rates are associated with inflammatory states
A blood test commonly used to detect or grade inflammation.
a blood test that measures the speed at which red blood cells settle in a test tube. The test is used to detect inflammation.
blood test that measures the speed at which red blood cells settle on the bottom of a test tube; high sedimentation rate signals a possible inflammatory disease.
A test that measures the rate at which red blood cells settle in unclotted blood. The ESR may be used to evaluate patients with unexplained symptoms or a deterioration of health when: an inflammatory, neoplastic (cancer in its earliest stages), or infectious disease is suspected and a specific diagnosis is not made effectively by other means
A blood test to measure inflammation in the body. This is often significantly elevated in inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and particularly elevated in polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis.
a diagnostic test for inflammatory diseases that measures the rate at which red blood cells sediment from a well-mixed specimen of blood
A nonspecific laboratory test of speed at which erythrocytes - mature red blood cells - settle. Normally, in males, it is less than 10mm/hr; it is slightly higher in females.
Measurement of red blood cells that settle on the bottom of a test tube to diagnose disease.
A test that measures the rate at which red blood cells settle through a column of liquid. This test is used to detect and monitor inflammation in the body.
Rate at which blood cells and plasma separate in vitro. Rate is increased during infections.
A blood test which measures how rapidly red blood cells settle to the bottom of a small tube. The red blood cells of a person who has inflammation usually settle more rapidly than normal. This test may be helpful in following the progress of JRA.
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), also called a sedimentation rate, sed rate or Biernacki Reaction, is a non-specific measure of inflammation that is commonly used as a medical screening test.