title: [Maximum rate of sedimentation of a suspension placed in a viscosimeter with coaxial cylinders. Application to a number of pathological blood samples (author's transl)].
abstract: Erythrocyte sedimentation of normal and pathological human bloods at varying controlled shear rates has been measured. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was found to reach a maximum at a characteristic shear rate gamma c [gamma c  less than .1 s-1 for normal bloods; gamma c greater than .1 s-1 for pathological bloods]. Records of viscosity versus shear rate exhibit a break near gamma c. Examples show that ESR is well correlated with viscometric data.
mesh_terms: D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D006801:Humans; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000097:blood
vernacular_title: Vitesse maximum de sédimentation d'une suspension placée dans un viscosimètre à cylindres axiaux. Applications à quelques sangs pathologiques.