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Register NowSedimentation Rate, Modified Westergren (ESR)
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CPT Code: 85652
Test Type: Whole blood Tube fill capacity
Stability Time:
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Temperature |
Period |
|---|---|
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Refrigerated |
24 hours |
Reference Range:
• Male: 0 to 50 years: 0−15 mm/hour, 50 years and older: 0−30 mm/hour
• Female: 0 to 50 years: 0−32 mm/hour, 50 years and older: 0−40 mm/hour
Overview:
Evaluate the nonspecific activity of infections, inflammatory states, autoimmune disorders, and plasma cell dyscrasias.
Optimum results are from blood less than two hours old. The ESR is of limited diagnostic value in severe anemia or in hematologic states that affect increased size and shape variation (poikilocytosis) of the RBC (ie, presence of sickle cells or spherocytes). Extreme plasma viscosity will result in a decreased ESR.
Elevations in fibrinogen, α- and β-globulins (acute phase reactants), and immunoglobulins increase the sedimentation rate of red cells through plasma. The test is important in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis, as well as its management.1
1. Wong RL, Korn JH. Temporal arteritis without an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Case report and review of the literature. Am J Med. 1986; 80(5):959-964. PubMed 3518441
Gambino SR, Dire JJ, Monteleone M, et al. The Westergren sedimentation rate using K3 EDTA. Tech Bull Regist Med Technol. 1965; 35:1-8.
Harmening D. Clinical Hematology and Fundamentals of Hemostasis. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott;1992:532-534.
Collection Details:
Collection Instructions:
Lavender-top (EDTA) tube.
Invert tube immediately 8 to 10 times once tube is filled at time of collection.
Refrigerate.