The increased hemoglobin oxygen affinity in COVID-19

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 Sep 1;321(3):L637. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00280.2021.

Authors

Dominik J Vogel¹, Federico Formenti^{2

3}, Luigi Camporota^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
² Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
³ Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; anemia; hemoglobin oxygen affinity; methemoglobin.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Hemoglobins
Humans
Oxygen
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Hemoglobins
Oxygen