The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate as a Novel Prognostic Marker in Canine Inflammatory Diseases

Jae-Beom Joo, Keon Kim, Woong-Bin Ro, Chang-Min Lee · 2025

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Jae-Beom Joo, Keon Kim, Woong-Bin Ro, and Chang-Min Lee test in a 2025 study a classic blood settling rate as a forecast tool in sick dogs. Inflamed dogs are common in clinics, yet white cell counts and one protein mark forecast poorly alone. The settling rate, long used in human care, reflects red cell clumping driven by plasma proteins.

The study enrolled 350 dogs, 241 sick and 109 healthy, with rate read by machine. Sick dogs showed far higher rates than healthy dogs in the data. Curve scores for death forecast reached 0.776 overall, fair to good in the authors' terms. A crisis subgroup defined by body wide inflammation signs was checked apart as well. Best cut off values for clinic use were also derived.

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CREATORJae-Beom Joo, Keon Kim, Woong-Bin Ro, Chang-Min Lee
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE37 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12784655

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