_____ measures the rate at which anticoagulated RBCs will fall when allowed to settle in a thin columnar tube

Hct
ESR
Hgb
CBC


ESR

Rationale: An ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) measures the rate at which anticoagulated RBCs will fall when allowed to settle in a thin columnar tube.

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