A 44-year-old male trauma patient is given multiple blood transfusions secondary to severe blood loss. What influence would his treatment have on his O2 dissociation curve?
A. shift to the left
B. shift to the right
C. no change
D. downward shift
E. upward shift
ANS: A
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A. tarsometatarsal joint B. intermetatarsal joint C. subtalar joint D. both A and B E. all of the above
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