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		A sedimentation rate is common blood test that is used to detect and monitor inflammation in the body.
		The sedimentation rate is also called the erythrocyte sedimentation rate because it is a measure of the red blood cells (erythrocytes) sedimenting in a tube over a given period of time.
		Sedimentation rate is often abbreviated as sed rate or ESR.
	www.medicinenet.com /forum/b.asp?m=28300 (59 words)

	Week 2 Report
		The sedimentation rate of a given particle is proportional to the size of that particle.
		The sedimentation rate is proportional to the density difference between the particle and the liquid.
		The sedimentation rate is zero when the density of the particle is equal to the density of the liquid.
	www2.uic.edu /~jallen9/week_2.htm (558 words)

	s000922c - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, Markedly Elevated
		Markedly elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rates: consideration of clinical implications in a hospital population.
		The role of C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the diagnosis of infected hydronephrosis and pyonephrosis.
		Abstract: To reevaluate the diagnostic significance of a markedly elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), the clinical diagnosis associated with an ESR of 100 mm/hr or greater was retrospectively analyzed in 200 patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
	www.emory.edu /WHSCL/grady/amreport/litsrch00/s000922c.html (2253 words)

	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
		Erythrocyte sedimentation rate in infected and non-infected total-hip arthroplasties.
		Sedimentation rate in infected and uninfected total hip arthroplasty.
		Clinical significance of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in orthopaedic surgery.
	www.wheelessonline.com /ortho/erythrocyte_sedimentation_rate (178 words)

	Sedimentation Velocity
		Sedimentation velocity is an analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) method that measures the rate at which molecules move in response to centrifugal force generated in a centrifuge.
		The rate at which the sedimentation boundary moves is a measure of the sedimentation coefficient of the protein.
		A sedimentation coefficient of 6.5 S is actually rather low for a 150 kDa species, which is consistent with high hydrodynamic friction from its highly asymmetric, non-globular 'Y' shape.
	www.ap-lab.com /sedimentation_velocity.htm (1455 words)

	Sedimentation Rate
		A high sedimentation rate (sed rate) may indicate inflammation caused by an infection.
		A high sed rate may also indicate some types of cancer (especially lymphoma or multiple myeloma), an autoimmune disease (such as systemic lupus erythematosus), certain inflammatory diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis or polymyalgia rheumatica) or other medical conditions (such as chronic kidney failure, toxemia of pregnancy, or thyroid disease).
		An extremely high sed rate (greater than 100 mm/hr) is often found in some severe infections (such as osteomyelitis or endocarditis), certain inflammatory diseases (such as temporal arteritis), and certain types of cancer (such as multiple myeloma or lymphoma).
	www.webmd.com /hw/health_guide_atoz/hw43353.asp (821 words)

	p991220b - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Abstract: The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a simple, inexpensive laboratory test that clinicians have used for decision-making for over 50 years.
		This review discusses the physical and chemical properties that govern red blood cell sedimentation, how sedimentation is measured, and the way in which the erythrocyte sedimentation rate has previously been used to assist in the diagnosis of infectious, inflammatory, or neoplastic disease.
		The clinical significance, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of a low or elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate are also re-evaluated.
	www.emory.edu /WHSCL/grady/amreport/litsrch99/p991220b.html (266 words)

	HAPS - Education Information - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was first developed as a pregnancy test in the early 1900's.
		Sedimentation of red cells in this system is affected by forces both for and against sedimentation.
		The forces resisting sedimentation are the negative charge on the red cell surface (causing red cells to repel each other (zeta potential)), the upflow of plasma displaced by falling red cells, and the rigidity of red cells.
	www.haps.nsw.gov.au /edrsrch/edinfo/esr.html (585 words)

	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
		ESR or the erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a time honored laboratory method for determining the acute phase response to inflammation.
		Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein in the evaluation of disease activity and severity in polymyalgia rheumatica: a prospective follow-up study.
		Linear regression analysis was used to determine the influence of haemoglobin concentration and gestational age on erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
	www.thedoctorsdoctor.com /labtests/esr.htm (3074 words)

	Cahaba GBA - 221 - SEDIMENTATION RATE, ERYTHROCYTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a sensitive but nonspecific test that is frequently the earliest indicator of disease when other chemical or physical signs are normal.
		Erythrocyte sedimentation rates performed on rheumatoid arthritis patients to assess for medication adjustments should be billed with the E diagnosis code which reflects the medication the patient is receiving.
		Sedimentation rate: a nonspecific laboratory test of speed at which erythrocytes settle.
	www.gamedicare.com /Policies/221.htm (683 words)

	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate \| Principal Health News
		The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), or sedimentation rate (sed rate), is a measure of the settling of red blood cells in a tube of blood during one hour.
		The rate is an indication of inflammation and increases in many diseases.
		The rate increase follows a rise in temperature and white blood cells count, peaks after several days, and usually lasts longer than the elevated temperature or white blood cells count.
	www.principalhealthnews.com /topic/topic100586786 (656 words)

	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), Frequently Ordered Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		An Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate measures the distance that erythrocytes have fallen after one hour in a vertical column of anticoagulant blood under the influence of gravity.
		The amount of fibrinogen present in the blood directly correlates with the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate.
		The erythrocyte sedimentation rate has been shown to satisfactory monitor acute-phase response to diseases after the first 24 hours; however, usefulness of this test has decreased as new and more accurate methods of evaluating diseases have been developed.
	www.vaxa.com /arthritis-erythrocyte-sedimentation-rate.cfm (177 words)

	American Family Physician: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and sickle cell disease - Tips from Other Journals
		In the evaluation of hospitalized infants and children with sickle cell disease, the value of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate is usually low.
		The authors conclude that the erythrocyte sedimentation rate may be valuable in the evaluation of patients with sickle cell disease who are hospitalized for acute illnesses.
		Although it is commonly believed that the sedimentation rate may not increase in patients with sickle cell disease even when bacterial complications are present, it may not be prudent to exclude the sedimentation rate as being low and clinically irrelevant in these patients.
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	C-Reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Orthopaedics pg. 13--16
		C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) are known as acute phase proteins, which reflect a measure of the acute-phase response.
		The clearance rate of CRP is constant, therefore the level of CRP in the blood is regulated solely by synthesis.
		The Westergren method measures the rate of gravitational settling in 1 hour of anticoagulated red blood cells (RBCs) from a fixed point in a calibrated tube of a defined length and diameter held in an upright position [8].
	www.uphs.upenn.edu /ortho/oj/2002/html/oj15sp02p13.html (2324 words)

	Sedimentation Rate — Complete medical explanation regarding this common blood test on MedicineNet.com
		A sedimentation rate is performed by measuring the rate at which red blood cells (RBCs) settle in a test tube.
		The sedimentation rate is simply how far the top of the RBC layer has fallen in one hour.
		The normal sedimentation rate (Westergren method) for males is 0-15 millimeters per hour, females is 0-20 millimeters per hour.
	www.medicinenet.com /sedimentation_rate/article.htm (285 words)

	Routine Diagnostic Testing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The sedimentation rate is expressed as the distance the erythrocytes fall per unit of time (usually 1 hour).
		In general, the sedimentation rate is affected by properties of the erythrocytes, by properties of the plasma, and by mechanical or technical factors.
		There is a significant difference between the sedimentation rate of normal men and women regardless of age, women showing a higher rate than men.
	www.gomcl.com /hema/routine (413 words)

	Westergren Sedimentation Rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sedimentation is the deposition by settling of a suspended material.
		Sedimentation equilibrium is a technique used in biochemistry to separate a sample containing several components based on their various densities.
		The sample containing the mixed components is layered on top of a density gradient of a substance such as sucrose or cesium chloride and centrifuged until the equilibrium is reached.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/203/westergren-sedimentation-rate.html (805 words)

	sedimentation rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The sedimentation rate ("sed rate") is a blood test for inflammation in the body.
		If it is elevated, there is an inflammatory process or bacterial infection somewhere in the body (viral infections generally do not result in an elevated sedimentation rate).
		The test is a measurement of how much the red blood cells in the specimen settle (sedimentation) in a test tube over a measured test time, generally one hour.
	www.drhull.com /EncyMaster/S/sed_rate.html (158 words)

	Ocean 540: Overview--Marine Sedimentation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rates of accumulation show considerable spatial variability but this flux of material would support a mean mass flux of 6 mg cm
		Translating this to a vertical rate of accumulation requires some assumption as to the porosity (volume of fluid filled pore space).
		The spatial variability in accumulation is great, ranging from the mid-gyre, central north Pacific (~1 m/My) to some coastal environments with instantaneous rates of >1000 m/My (obviously this is not a steady state condition; frequent events occur to erode and redeposit this material in deeper water).
	bell.mma.edu /~jbouch/UWMarineGeology/McDuffSediments.html (1171 words)

	SEDIMENTATION RATES BASED ON PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC EVENTS
		It was calculated using 12 planktonic foraminiferal bioevents (Table 2) and the data are plotted on an age vs. depth curve as in Figure 3.
		The reworked specimens of some nannofossil species result in the presence of datum levels that are too highly positioned in the section shown in an age-depth plot in Figure 3, if sedimentation rates based on the planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy (see "Early Pliocene-middle Miocene cyclostratigraphy" section) are basically correct.
		A significant shift in the sedimentation rate to 9.95 cm/k.y.
	www-odp.tamu.edu /publications/166_SR/chap_15/c15_4.htm (243 words)

	Equations on Cloud Microphysics
		Thus, their sedimentation rate is smaller than given by the formula above.
		For snowfall, the highly non-spherical shapes and low densities mean that the sedimentation rates are much larger than for a sphere containing the same amount of water.
		Essentially, the collision rate increases as the number density of falling cloud particles increases and increases very rapidly as the size of the particles increases, both because larger particles fall faster and because the collision cross-section is larger.
	isccp.giss.nasa.gov /equations.html (522 words)

	phorum - Public Forum - low sedimentation rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The results of the ESR (westergren) show a low sedimentation rate of 1, where the nomal range should be 0 - 15.
		The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (or ESR) is elevated in conditions which produce tissue breakdown such as infection, arthritis, inflammation from any cause and some types of cancer.
		A sed rate of one in a 0-15 range is very normal and does not, in itself, indicate the need for therapy.
	www.medical-library.net /phorum/read.php?f=2&i=3802&t=3802 (330 words)

	ESR (Sedimentation Rate): Not an HIV Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a blood test that is frequently ordered in internal-medicine and infectious-disease offices.
		The test measures the rate that red blood cells (erythrocytes) fall to the bottom of a test tube under controlled conditions.
		An increased rate, usually defined as greater than 10 in a young adult, generally reflects an inflammatory process somewhere in the body.
	health.ivillage.com /infectious/infhiv/0,,6fn5,00.html (482 words)

	Atlas: Sedimentation rate and pattern of Lake Eber hosted in a seismically active basin, central Anatolia, Turkey by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Results show that the average annual sedimentation rate in the mid and late Holocene is 1.46 mm.
		This is a relatively high value compared to sedimentation rates of other central Anatolian lakes under the same climatic conditions.
		It is concluded that active tectonism and basin geometry have combined to control lake sedimentation during the Holocene.
	atlas-conferences.com /cgi-bin/abstract/caiq-85 (528 words)

	Specialty Laboratories ::: we help doctors help patients
		In contrast to the ZSR (Zeta Sedimentation Ratio), the ESR is greatly influenced by packed cell volume.
		Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein in the assessment of polymyalgia rheumatica/giant cell arteritis on presentation and during follow up.
		Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and coronary heart disease: the NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up study.
	www.specialtylabs.com /books/display.asp?id=824 (427 words)

	RemedyFind: patient ratings of Erythocyte Sedimentation Rate for Osteoarthritis
		Erythocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) or Sed rate is the rate at which red blood cells settle in blood with anticoagulant.
		Most medical resources about arthritis claim that the Sed rate is a fairly accurate indicator of disease activity in established inflammatory arthritis.
		The C-reactive protein but not erythrocyte sedimentation rate is associated with clinical severity in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip
	www.remedyfind.com /rem.asp?ID=10690 (771 words)

	Benign Hypermobility Joint Syndrome — From WebMD
		rate or ESR) is an indication of the degree of inflammation in the body.
		It is actually a measurement of the speed with which red blood cells fall in a test tube of blood.
		rate is low and it climbs with inflammation.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/78/95618.htm (674 words)

	Sedimentation Rate
		Results of a sed rate test should be evaluated along with a person's symptoms, other test results, and medical information.
		A CRP test measures the amount of C-reactive protein; this protein may be elevated when a severe infection or inflammatory condition is present.
		However, a sed rate test is used more often.
	hw.healthdialog.com /kbase/topic/medtest/hw43353/consider.htm (151 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: ESR
		ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) is a nonspecific screening test for various diseases.
		The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) can be used to monitor inflammatory or malignant disease.
		Although it is a screening test (cannot be used to diagnose a specific disorder), it is useful in detecting and monitoring tuberculosis, tissue necrosis (death), rheumatologic disorders, or an otherwise unsuspected disease in which symptoms are vague or physical findings are minimal.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/003638.htm (654 words)

	Sedimentation Rate - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline:
		Rather, the sed rate, also called the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), can be one of the earliest indicators that something is wrong.
		A sed rate test result is frequently abnormal (positive) long before other biochemical or physical signs appear.
		Sed rates are generally used as a screening tool when assessing for disease, or to monitor the progress of chronic diseases such as Hodgkin disease and other cancers.
	heart.healthcentersonline.com /bloodtest/erythrocytesedrate.cfm (312 words)

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