A 56-year-old man is admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU) for an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction. The cardiologist is trying to optimize the oxygen delivery to the myocardial tissue. Supplemental oxygen is provided by the nasal cannula at 3 L/min. which of the following best describes the oxygen- carrying capacity of whole blood? it is only related to respitaroy exchange ratioit is only the amount of O2 dissolved in the blooddependent on the alveolar PO2 onlyit is the sum of the dissolved O2 plus the amount of O2 bound to hemoglobin it is only equal to Oxygen attached with Hb

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A 56-year-old man is admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU) for an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction. The cardiologist is trying to optimize the oxygen delivery to the myocardial tissue. Supplemental oxygen is provided by the nasal cannula at 3 L/min. which of the following best describes the oxygen- carrying capacity of whole blood?

it is only related to respitaroy exchange ratio
it is only the amount of O2 dissolved in the blood
dependent on the alveolar PO2 only
it is the sum of the dissolved O2 plus the amount of O2 bound to hemoglobin 
it is only equal to Oxygen attached with Hb

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