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- Title: Polycythaemia Vera (PV)
- Author : Sics Editore
- Release Date : January 21, 2015
- Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 533 KB
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The major goal of the treatment is to prevent thrombotic complications and haemorrhages. The amount of red blood cells is kept within the normal range (haematocrit < 0.45, haemoglobin < 145 g/l). This prevents cardiovascular deaths and thromboses . Allopurinol is the primary drug for preventing gout symptoms and hyperuricaemic kidney lesions if urate levels are at the upper end of the normal range. In thrombocytosis, a low dose of aspirin (100 mg/day) is given to reduce the risk of distal ischaemia and transcient ischaemic attacks. This dose is sufficient to reduce the risk of thrombosis in cerebral and coronary circulation .