ESR Indications for testing
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ESR requests will only be processed upon the inclusion of relevant clinical information as outlined below. This must be clearly marked on the request form.
| Adult clinical indications | Paediatric clinical indications |
| Temporal Arteritis (Including Giant Cell Arteritis) | Kawasaki |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | Rheumatic fever |
| Polymyalgia Rheumatica | Ulcerative colitis |
| Rheumatic fever | Crohn’s disease |
| Vasculitis (Including Wegener’s Granulomatosis) | SLE |
| Connective tissue disease (includes SLE, scleroderma, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, SjÖrgren’s syndrome and systemic sclerosis) | ? Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | |
| Investigation of post operative joint replacement infection | |
| Ophthalmology patients |