QUANTITATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. 3. THE MAXIMUM 5-MINUTE CUTLER SEDIMENTATION RATE AS AN INDEX

Journal/Book: Reprinted from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences Vol. 232 No. 1 July 1956. 1956;

Abstract: BY JOHN LANSBURY M.D. PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL MEDICINE From the Department of Medicine Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania Summary and Conclusions. 1) The maximum 5-minute fall of erythrocytes observed by the Cutler sedimentation technique averaged 5.6 mm. in a series of 100 consecutive cases of rheumatoid arthritis at the time of their first interview. 2) A statistical analysis of the 5-minute ESR in 10 cases of rheumatoid arthritis going into remission indicates a trend toward normal both for individuals and for the group which is sufficiently regular to validate the Cutler 5-minute ESR as a quantitative index of systemic rheumatoid activity. 3) Other sedimentation methods such as the Rourke-Ernstene and Westergren deserve to be similarly evaluated. ___MH

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