A blood gas parameter is affected by the choice of arterial versus venous blood.What is the reason for the difference in the value of this correctly identified parameter?
A) The pH of arterial blood is significantly higher because oxygen affects it,as noted in the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.
B) The hemoglobin in arterial blood is much richer in CO2 because it has just returned from the lungs.
C) PO2 is generally lower in venous blood after O2 is released in the capillaries and higher in arterial blood because this blood has passed through the lungs.
D) Arterial blood contains much more
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