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Basic laboratory diagnostics

Haematology

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Increased
erythrocyte count

Relative
Absolute (reduced plasma
volume)

Reactive Polycythaemia
polycythaemia vera Dehydration

Erythropoetin-
Adaptation to chronic producing renal
hypoxia
neoplasia

Mixture of arterial Decreased cardiac Respiratory tract Stay at high
and venous blood output disease altitude

– PDA – DCM – Tracheal collapse
– VSD – Aortic stenosis – Laryngeal paralysis
– Pulmonary – BOAS
arteriovenous – Pneumonia
fistula – Lung neoplasia
– Lung oedema
(cardiogenic and
noncardiogenic)

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