Fever and Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate¹

The Significance of Fever and Increased Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Occurring in Patients in A General Medical Unit

“…There have been no directly comparable studies during the last 30 years enabling one to say that there has been a major change in the diagnosis of patients presenting with fever in a general medical unit. However, Bottiger and Molin 7 have studied patients with elevated temperatures and ESR in a general medical unit. Their patients were not necessarily new admissions and only 67 per cent were febrile and 82 per cent had an ESR greater than 30, but it was not specified which of the patients were febrile.…”

Συμβολη Εις Την Μελετην Του Καρκινωματος Του Νεφρικου Παρεγχυματος Και Του Πυελοκαλυκικου Συστηματος: Στατιστικη Μελετη Επι Τη Βασει Του Παθολογοανατομικου Υλικου Των Ετων 1945 - 1977

“…Θεωρεί δέ δτι, τό μέ γεθος τοΰ όγκου καί ή διήθησις ή μή τής νεφρικής φλεβός, ενέχουν οπωσδήποτε σημασίαν, άλλα μικροτέραν εκείνης των μεταστάσεων ή της Τ.Κ.Ε. (12,13).…”