Bethesda, MD - One of clinical medicine's oldest tools—the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)—surpassed serum C-reactive protein (CRP) as a measure of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) activity and may be ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis (TA) are companion systemic inflammatory disorders that occur in older patients (mean age, 70 years) and are diagnosed on clinical grounds, based on ...

Significant variability in acute phase marker test requests is influenced by geographic location, hospital setting, and management type in Spain. ESR tests are overrequested compared to CRP, ...

(CHICAGO) – Infections, as the news has shown time and again, can be deadly. Periprothesthetic joint infection (PJI) is the infection of grave concern to the orthopedic community, especially in its ...

We read the paper by Levy et al 1 with interest, however, we believe that it contains several weaknesses which should be discussed. As it is well known the diagnosis of GCA is based on the combination ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients with suspected infection or inflammation, C-reactive protein (CRP)/erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) disagreement is common, according to a study published online ...