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Correlation Between Automated And The Westergren Method For DeterminationOf ESR
ISSN: 2617 - 9482
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Correlation Between Automated And The Westergren Method For DeterminationOf ESR
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
Objective: To determine the correlation between automated and the Westergren method for determination of ESR insymptomatic patients.Study Design and Setting: This cross sectional study conducted at Hematology Department of PNS Shifa Hospital Karachi.Methodology: Sample size was determined by using WHO sample size calculator. Westergren method was performedaccording to ICSH’s specifications. ESR vacuum tubes containing sodium citrate were used. The sedimentation of theRBC’s was recorded visually after 1 hour using a timer. Automated ESR was performed by TEST1 automated ESR analyzer(ALIFAX SpA, Italy). It uses K3-EDTA or K2-EDTA as an anticoagulant. Bias was controlled by inclusion and exclusioncriteria and the confounding factors like temperature of lab and effect of wind were controlled by taking appropriatemeasures. Pre-designed proforma was used to collect the data that was analyzed through SPSS version 16. Correlationbetween the tw...
