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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
How fast red cells settle in a tube.
- Sample
- Blood draw
- Tube
- Citrate tube (light blue cap) · citrate de sodium 3,2 % · 1.5 mL
- Usual turnaround
- 3 h
- Price
- 300 DA Indicative prices, in dinars; the final amount is on your invoice.
- Nomenclature code
- B-027
How to prepare
No particular preparation.
What can influence it
The time of the draw, some medicines, recent exercise or illness.
Questions to ask your doctor
What does this result mean for me? Should it be repeated, and when? Should anything change in my treatment?
Your doctor will interpret the result with your history.