method /meth·od/ (meth´od) the manner of performing any act or operation; a procedure or technique.
Westergren method
dye dilution method a type of indicator dilution method for assessing flow through the circulatory system, using a dye as an indicator.
indicator dilution method any of several methods for assessing flow through the circulatory system by injecting a known quantity of an indicator and monitoring its concentration over time at a specific point in the system.
Lamaze method a method of preparing for delivery, involving education of the prospective mother in the physiology of pregnancy and parturition as well as in techniques such as breathing exercises and bearing down for the easing of delivery.
rhythm method a method of preventing conception by restricting coitus to the so-called safe period, avoiding the days just before and after the expected time of ovulation.
Westergren method the most common method for testing the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, measuring the timed fall of the level of red cells after mixing whole blood and sodium citrate anticoagulant-diluent solution.
Yuzpe method a regimen for postcoital contraception, consisting of a combination of ethinyl estradiol and norgestrel taken twice, 12 hours apart.
Wes·ter·gren method (w s t r-grn , vs-)n. A method for estimating the sedimentation rate of red blood cells in whole blood by mixing venous blood with an aqueous solution of sodium citrate and allowing the mixture to stand in an upright standard pipet and, after one hour, reading the millimeters the cells have descended. |
Westergren method
A method for determining ESR. See Zetacrit.
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