Pulmonary 7 - Lecture 29 Flashcards
What are two ways that oxygen is carried in blood?
- Dissolved
2. Bound to Hemoglobin
What is a way to measure PaO2?
Using Dissolved Oxygen
- small percentage of total O2 & is almost negligible under normal conditions
What is the composition of oxygen?
4 heme groups containing Iron (Fe3+)
- 2 alpha globin chains
- 2 beta-globin chains
HbA
What type of hemoglobin do children less than 1 year have?
HbF
- 2 alpha
- 2 gamma globin chains
Binded Hb is what color? Doxygenated Hb?
Red if Saturated
Blue if desaturated
What are the changes of Hb saturation at partial pressures > than 60 mmHg?
Less than 60?
- Greater than 60 = SMALL CHANGES in Hb saturation (plateau)
- Less than 60 = LARGE changes in Hb saturation with SMALL changes in pressure
- release of O2 in large amounts
Why does the Hb dissociation curve have such a steep slope?
Due to the COOPERATIVELY of oxygen molecules
At 50 % saturation, what is the P02 of Oxygen? As we shift right or left, how does this value change?
27 mmHg!
Memorize this
RIGHT: pO2 (p50) INCREASES (lower affinity)
LEFT: pO2 (p50) DECREASES
- higher affinity
What causes a RIGHTward shift in the Oxygen Dissociation Curve? (6)
- Exercise
- More CO2 production
- Lower pH
- Less O2
- Increase in Temp
- 2,3,-DPG
- causes a decrease in Hb affinity so that more O2 can be dropped off
How do the following shift the oxygen dissociation curve?
- Decrease in temp
- Decrease in pCO2
- Decrease in 2,3,-DPG
- Increase pH
LEFTWARD shift, increases affinity
How is the affinity of CO as compared to O2?
200 times greater affinity!
- at 1 mmHg of CO all binding sites are occupied
In the presence of small amounts of CO, how is affinity for O2 change and unloading?
O2 affinity INCREASES
unloading decreases!
- CO shifts curve LEFT
- unloading is blocked so SUFFOCATIOn ensues (no cyanosis since all Hb is still saturated)
When you reduce saturation to 94.5, how does the PO2 change? What about 90%?
PO2 drops to 80 mmHg
- HYPOXEMIA
PO2 drops to 60 mmHg = DANGER!!
How does oxygen delivery change in anemic patients?
Overall amount of oxygen delivery falls DOWN
What does the overall amount of O2 in the blood directly correlated with?
The amount of Hb in blood stream!
- less Hb (as in anemia) means less O2 bound and lower O2 concentration
What are the 3 ways CO2 is carried in the blood?
- Dissolved
- as Bicarbonate
- Carbamino Compounds with Proteins