A novel approach for assessments of erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
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Authors: | Pribush A Hatskelzon L Meyerstein N |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Health Sciences, Experimental Hematology Laboratory, Physiology Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. alexp@bgu.ac.il |
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Abstract: | Introduction: Previous studies have shown that the dispersed phase of sedimenting blood undergoes dramatic structural changes: Discrete red blood cell (RBC) aggregates formed shortly after a settling tube is filled with blood are combined into a continuous network followed by its collapse via the formation of plasma channels, and finally, the collapsed network is dispersed into individual fragments. Based on this scheme of structural transformation, a novel approach for assessments of erythrocyte sedimentation is suggested. Methods: Information about erythrocyte sedimentation is extracted from time records of the blood conductivity measured after a dispersion of RBC network into individual fragments. Results: It was found that the sedimentation velocity of RBC network fragments correlates positively with the intensity of attractive intercellular interactions, whereas no effect of hematocrit (Hct) was observed. Conclusion: Thus, unlike Westergren erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sedimentation data obtained by the proposed method do not require correction for Hct. |
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Keywords: | Erythrocyte sedimentation aggregation conductivity |
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