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CORRELATION BETWEEN SEDIMENTATION RATE AND CELL COUNT OF BLOOD ON THE BASIS OF PROVED CASES

ALEX E. GOLD, M.D.; HORACE O. BELL, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1936;52(1):25-40.

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Our purpose in this paper is to report the results of the blood counts and determinations of the blood sedimentation rate in a series of proved cases of pertussis, occurring at the Essex County Hospital for Contagious Diseases in the past year and to show the value and limitations of these laboratory procedures as aids in the diagnosis of atypical whooping cough. Furthermore, it seems appropriate to discuss the difficulties encountered in the diagnosis of pertussis and to review the literature, with especial reference to the diagnostic criteria in current use.

DIFFICULTIES OF DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

The difficulty of early diagnosis of pertussis is generally recognized by the medical profession. This is due to the fact that many other diseases of the respiratory tract often present similar symptoms and that only when the typical whoop develops is the final diagnosis made. Among these disorders may be mentioned such common conditions as . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Resident Physicians at the Essex County Hospital for Contagious Diseases BELLEVILLE, N. J.

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