mahendra
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Patient A is suffering from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and patient
B has iron deficiency anemia. Assume that CO is binding 50% of the
available O2-binding sites on the hemoglobin, and that the anemic
patient has 50% of the normal amount of hemoglobin. Patient A is
more at risk of tissue hypoxia because CO causes
A. a decrease in diffusing capacity
B. a decrease in the P50 of Hb for O2
C. a greater decrease in the concentration of arterial oxygen
D. a reduced rate of O2 binding to available Hb
E. arterial hypoxemia, while anemia does not
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| leftfoot
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its B
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| mahendra
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YES again u'r right 
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