Clinical haematology · UKMLA & AKT
Secondary polycythaemia
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Secondary polycythaemia is a true increase in red cell mass driven by elevated EPO - either appropriate (physiological response to hypoxia) or inappropriate (autonomous EPO secretion from tumour or exogenous source) - rather than a primary bone marrow disorder.
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