The oxygen dissociation curve of blood in COVID-19–An update

An impressive effect of the infection with SARS-Co-19 is the impairment of oxygen uptake due to lung injury. The reduced oxygen diffusion may potentially be counteracted by an increase in oxygen affinity of hemoglobin. However, hypoxia and anemia associated with COVID-19 usually decrease oxygen affi...

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Main Authors: Dieter Böning, Wolfgang M. Kuebler, Dominik Vogel, Wilhelm Bloch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1098547/full