TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Blood Gas Transport A1 - Shifren, Adrian A1 - Klocke, Robert A. A2 - Grippi, Michael A. A2 - Antin-Ozerkis, Danielle E. A2 - Dela Cruz, Charles S. A2 - Kotloff, Robert M. A2 - Kotton, Camille Nelson A2 - Pack, Allan I. PY - 2023 T2 - Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 6e AB - Oxygen is relatively insoluble in aqueous solutions such as blood. Dissolved oxygen alone is insufficient to meet the demands of tissue metabolism. Therefore, an alternate means of transporting oxygen is essential. Oxygen binds reversibly to hemoglobin, enabling the transport of large amounts of oxygen—approximately 20 mL/100 mL of blood at a hemoglobin concentration of 15 g/100 mL. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194946480 ER -