★ ESR (RBC sed rate) Quiz
Increasing levels of plasma proteins (primarily fibrinogen, alpha globulins, or gamma globulins)
A. fall faster,
increasing ESR
B. fall slower,
decreasing ESR
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Sodium citrated whole blood (blue topped tube). The diluted blood is aspirated into a calibrated ESR column and the cells are allowed to settle for a period of exactly one hour.
A. Westergren method
B. Modified Westergren method
C. Alifax Roller 20-Sysmex
D. all of the above
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