Patient presents with cyanosis

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A patient presents with cyanosis and after some sleuthing you realize they have been taking an oxidative drug. The percentage of methemoglobin was 15%! Show two curves - the oxygen content (mL of oxygen in blood carried by Hb) versus partial pressure of oxygen and the percent hemoglobin saturation (Q) versus partial pressure of oxygen-for this patient compared to a normal patient. For the first curve this information is pertinent - on normal patient can carry ~ 1.35 mL oxygen/g of Hb and a normal patient has ~16 g of Hb.

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