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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

Select your answer:
     


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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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