title: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate/zeta sedimentation rate.
abstract: Sedimentation rates are a vital laboratory adjunct to the clinical skills of the emergency physician. A patient with an elevated rate in the emergency department needs further evaluation and appropriate referral. If the test is markedly elevated, there is a 95 per cent chance of an infectious, inflammatory, or neoplastic process as the underlying cause.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D001799:Blood Sedimentation / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010949:Plasma / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values