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In percentage terms, arterial PCO2 is more affected than arterial O2 content by A. Carbon monoxide poisoning. B. Anaemia. C. A 20 per cent fall in inspired PO2. D. Ascent to 2000 metres (about 6500 feet) above sea level. E. Increasing the oxygen pressure in the air breathed to three atmospheres. |
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Answer» A. False Pressure is little affected but content is decreased. B. False Pressure is normal but content decreased. C. True Arterial PO2 is reduced but content falls by only 3 per cent or so because of the shape of the oxygen dissociation curve. D. True This causes a fall of about 20 per cent in inspired oxygen pressure. E. True This causes a huge rise in PO2 but a relatively small increase in arterial oxygen content since the hemoglobin is almost fully saturated when breathing oxygen at 100 mmHg pressure. |
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