Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (853 page)

   
Normal range:
Less than 10 mg/L.

   Use

   For evaluation of infection, tissue injury, and inflammatory disorders

   Provides information for the diagnosis, therapy, and monitoring of inflammatory disorders

   Independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, cardiac vascular events, hypertension, and MI

   Interpretation

Increased In

   Acute inflammation

   Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus

   Cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis

   Oral contraceptives

   Inflammatory bowel disease

   Giant cell arteritis

   Osteomyelitis

   Cancer of the lymph nodes