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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J AAPOS. 2013 Jun;17(3):229–234. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.12.155

FIG 1.

FIG 1

Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve: relationship between oxygen saturation and partial pressure of oxygen for fetal and adult hemoglobin curve. Decreased 2,3-DPG and increased pH can shift the curve to the left, whereas increased 2,3-DPG or decreased pH can shift the curve to the right.