At high altitude, the slight tendency toward carbon dioxide-retention acidosis does not decrease the blood’s affinity for oxygen, making it less available to the tissues
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The loss of carbon dioxide from the lungs in the presence of high oxygen pressure increases the blood’s affinity for oxygen, and restricts its delivery to the tissues 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
At high altitude, the slight tendency toward carbon dioxide-retention acidosis decreases the blood’s affinity for oxygen, making it more available to the tissues 1 0 2Citations
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