Table 4.

Investigation in patients with an absolute erythrocytosis.

Stage 1
Stage 2
CBC   Bone marrow aspirate/trephine  
Arterial oxygen saturation   Marrow karyotype  
Ferritin   BFU-E culture  
B12  Oxygen dissociation curve (p50)  
Folate   Sleep study  
Creatinine   Lung function tests  
Liver function tests   Chest X-ray  
Uric acid   Echocardiogram  
Abdominal ultrasound   Erythropoietin receptor mutation analysis  
Serum erythropoietin   
Stage 1
Stage 2
CBC   Bone marrow aspirate/trephine  
Arterial oxygen saturation   Marrow karyotype  
Ferritin   BFU-E culture  
B12  Oxygen dissociation curve (p50)  
Folate   Sleep study  
Creatinine   Lung function tests  
Liver function tests   Chest X-ray  
Uric acid   Echocardiogram  
Abdominal ultrasound   Erythropoietin receptor mutation analysis  
Serum erythropoietin   
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