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
a non-specific measure of inflammation
a nonspecific test of inflammation, and cardiac status may be initially assessed with an ECG, CXR, echogardiaography, and stress test
a blood test that indicates inflammation in the body.
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 erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
A blood test that detects and monitors inflammation in the body. It measures the rate at which red blood cells (RBCs) in a test tube separate from blood serum over time, becoming sediment in the bottom of the test tube. The sedimentation rate increases with more inflammation. Also called the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Abbreviated as sed rate or ESR. See the entire definition of Sedimentation rate
A test that measures the rate in which the red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood in a time span of one or two hours. The higher the sedimentation rate, the more inflammation there is in the body.
Blood test that detects and monitors inflammation of the body. Measures the rate at which red blood cells in a test tube operate from blood serum and become sediment in the bottom of the test tube.
(Sed Rate) - A nonspecific measure of inflammatory response anywhere in the body; this test is elevated (above the normal range) in infections and a wide variety of so-called inflammatory diseases, for example rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn disease.
