ESR Indications for testing

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