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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is the measure of ability of erythrocytes (red blood cell) to fall through the blood plasma and accumulate together at the base of container in one hour. [7] There are three stages in erythrocyte sedimentation: [8] Rouleaux formation; Sedimentation or settling stage
Eosinophilic pneumonia is a rare disease. Parasitic causes are most common in geographic areas where each parasite is endemic. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia can occur at any age, even in previously healthy children, though most patients are between 20 and 40 years of age. Men are affected approximately twice as frequently as women.
In those in which an underlying cause cannot be found, or is untreatable, treatments are targeted to alleviating correcting the hypoosmolality and hyponatremia. [2] These include restriction of fluid intake, using salt tablets (sometimes with diuretics ), urea supplements, intravenous saline, or increasing protein intake. [ 2 ]
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (abbreviated to SED more often than SDC) is a rare disorder of bone growth that results in dwarfism, [1] characteristic skeletal abnormalities, and, in some instances, problems with vision and hearing.
Sedimentation rate may refer to: Sedimentation rate of particles in a liquid, described by Stokes' law; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, a medical test for inflammation; Rate of sedimentation (geology), thickness of sediment accumulated per unit time
Early recognition and treatment with the antifilarial drug, diethylcarbamazine, is important, as delay before treatment may lead to progressive interstitial fibrosis and irreversible impairment. [5] The condition of marked eosinophilia with pulmonary involvement was first termed tropical pulmonary eosinophilia in 1950. [6]
Although elevated whole blood viscosity is a better measure of hyperviscosity and more common and clinically important, serum viscosity and plasma viscosity are more frequently measured. [3] Normal plasma viscosity is between 1.4 and 1.8 centipoise while symptoms from hyperviscosity typically occur greater than 4 centipoise (about 4 times more ...
Dressler syndrome is a secondary form of pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart or the pericardium (the outer lining of the heart). It consists of fever, pleuritic pain, pericarditis and/or pericardial effusion.