To compare between standard Westergren and modified microhaematocrit method for determination for erythrocyte sedimentation rate Study design: A laboratory method comparative study. Subjects: blood samples from 80 individual subjects. For each subject, two methods for erythrocyte sedimentation rate determination were performed. The first method was the Westergren method as a standard method and...

a dry syringe. 2 cc. of blood was put into a sterile empty penicillin vial to which .5 cc. of 3.8% sodium citrate solution had already been added. It was immediately mixed thoroughly by rotating the vial. The mixture was then drawn up into a Westergren's standard tube up to zero mark?which is exactly 200 m.m. from the tip. The tube was set up absolutely in a vertical position in a non-vibrating...

An elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate is generally regarded as an unspecific and mostly pathological indicator of inflammation or tumour. However, we have determined the concentrations of plasma/serum proteins that influence the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in numerous samples from several groups of patients with different diseases, including 2 forms of cancer. Equations have been develo...