Haldane effect
Alternative eponyms
- Haldane’s test for carbon oxyde in the blood
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The capacity of the blood for transporting C02 depends on the oxygen saturation of the haemoglobin.
Description
The capacity of the blood for transporting C02
depends on the oxygen saturation of the haemoglobin. The more desoxygenized the
blood, the more carbondioxyd it can transport/absorb at a given CO2
tension, while the capacity dicreases with increasing oxygenizing.
Bibliography
J. Haldane:
The action of carbonic oxide on man.
The Journal of Physiology, Cambridge, 1895, 18: 430-462.
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