Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (905 page)

   Interpretation

Increased In

   Infections

   Vasculitis, including temporal arteritis

   Inflammatory arthritis

   Renal disease

   Anemia

   Malignancies and plasma cell dyscrasias

   Acute allergy

   Tissue injury, including myocardial infarction

   Pregnancy (but not first trimester)

   Estrogen administration

   Aging

Decreased In

   Polycythemia vera

   Sickle cell anemia