Hypoxia and Medicine

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resp s13 jpg

Summary: significance of saturation levels of oxygen in the blood What are the Bohr effect and reverse Bohr effect and how do changes in CO2 levels pH and temperature influence oxygen saturation Approximately 70 of CO2 is transported as HCO3 bicarbonate ions 23 as carbaminohemoglobin attached to the globin of Hb The remaining 7 is dissolved in plasma

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