This method, known as the Biernacki Reaction, is used worldwide to assess erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ), which is one of the major blood tests.
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One blood test usually performed is the erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ) which measures how fast the patient's red blood cells settle in a test tube.
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Clinical cases have been associated with acute fever, myalgias, bronchospasm, pruritic rashes, lymphadenopathy, subcutaneous nodules associated with eosinophilia, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and elevated creatinine kinase levels.
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Chemistry tests include lactate dehydrogenase ( LDH ) levels, uric acid levels, erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ), kidney and liver function, total protein levels, and an albumin-to-globulin ratio.
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This may include a full blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ), antistreptolysin-O ( ASO ) titer and throat culture, urinalysis, intradermal tuberculin test, and a chest x-ray.
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F�hr�us ( 1921 ), a Swedish physician who devised the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, suggested that the four humours were based upon the observation of blood clotting in a transparent container.
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Routine laboratory investigations are non specific : anaemia, increased numbers of polymorphs, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and elevated concentrations of C reactive protein are typically all the abnormalities found.
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Blood tests can also help identify the presence of infection : the erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ), the C-reactive protein ( CRP ) level, and chlamydial and gonococcal DNA probes.
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Several concomitant laboratory tests should also be ordered to investigate some of the more common, systemic causes listed above, including a complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, lipid panel, and blood glucose level.
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A recent study in the population of the island of Sardinia shows the association of a noncoding variant in the RHCE gene ( rs630337 ) with an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ).
