ʻO ESR, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka erythrocyte sedimentation rate, pili ia i ka viscosity plasma, ʻoiai ka ikaika hōʻuluʻulu ma waena o nā erythrocytes. He nui ka ikaika hōʻuluʻulu ma waena o nā keena koko ʻulaʻula, wikiwiki ka erythrocyte sedimentation rate, a ʻo ka hope. No laila, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka erythrocyte sedimentation rate ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana ma waena o erythrocyte. He hoʻāʻo kikoʻī ʻole ʻo ESR a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana wale ʻia e ʻike i kekahi maʻi.

Hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo ESR i loko o ke ʻano lapaʻau no:

1. No ka nānā ʻana i nā loli a me nā hopena ho'ōla o ka maʻi puʻupuʻu a me ke kuni rumatika, hōʻike ka ESR wikiwiki e hoʻi hou ana ka maʻi a hana hou; ke hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻōki paha ka maʻi, hoʻōla mālie ka ESR. Hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi ia ma ke ʻano he kuhikuhi i ka ʻike ʻana.

2. ʻIke ʻokoʻa o kekahi mau maʻi, e like me ka myocardial infarction a me ka angina pectoris, ka maʻi ʻōpū a me ka ʻōpū gastric ulcer, ka pelvic cancerous mass a me ka uncomplicated ovarian cyst. Ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka ESR ma ka mea mua, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea hope he maʻamau a hoʻonui iki ʻia paha.

3. I nā poʻe maʻi me ka myeloma maha, ʻike ʻia ka nui o ka globulin maʻamau ʻole i loko o ka plasma, a ua wikiwiki loa ka nui o ka erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka erythrocyte sedimentation rate ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā hōʻailona diagnostic koʻikoʻi.

4. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka ESR ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona hoʻokolohua o ka hana rheumatoid arthritis. Ke hoʻōla ka mea maʻi, hiki ke emi ka nui o ka sedimentation erythrocyte. Eia nō naʻe, hōʻike ka nānā ʻana i ke kauka i kekahi mau maʻi me ka rheumatoid arthritis, hiki ke emi ka nui o ka sedimentation erythrocyte (ʻaʻole pono i ka maʻamau) ʻoiai ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia nā hōʻailona a me nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻeha hui, ka pehu a me ka ʻoʻoleʻa kakahiaka, akā i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ua nalowale loa nā hōʻailona hui lapaʻau, ʻaʻole naʻe i emi ka nui o ka sedimentation erythrocyte, a ua mālama ʻia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe.