The oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve shows the relationship between the partial pressure of arterial oxygen (Pao 2) and hemoglobin oxygen saturation. 1 Several physiologic factors can ...

This curve is used to find a p50 number. Several factors can affect hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen (i.e., shift the oxygen dissociation curve) such as temperature, pH, and the concentration of 2 ...

The oxygen dissociation curves were constructed at a variety of whole blood pHs for THAM-buffered and sodium bicarbonate-buffered ACD blood. As predicted from the measured difference in Δ p H ...

and the oxygen-binding curve is shifted to the right (Figure 1). The studies by Oski and colleagues, 2,4 which showed that red-cell oxygen affinity is a major determinant of oxygen delivery ...