Validation of the New MINI-CUBE for Clinic Determination of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) indirectly measures blood fibrinogen, and it is altered by all those pathological conditions that modify the aggregation of red blood cells. The international guidelines by the International Council for Standardization in Hematology (ICSH) define the Westergren method as the gold standard for ESR, although it is completely operator-dependent, time-consuming, and requires a patient's blood consumption. Therefore, the validation of new ESR analyzers is needed. The aim of this study is the validation of a new automated ESR analyzer, MINI-CUBE (DIESSE, Diagnostica Senese, Italy).

Methods

The samples (n = 270) were collected at the University Hospital of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. A comparison between the automated instrume

SUBMITTER: Tomassetti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10627362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature