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. 2015 Dec 7;7(12):e398. doi: 10.7759/cureus.398

Figure 2. Components of total Carbon dioxide content.

Figure 2

A. Idealized normal subjects. B. Arterial blood gas HCO3-, plus dCO2, plus H2CO3 in the second set of blood tests in the patient of this report. C. Measured serum TCO2 in the second set of blood tests in the patient of this report. The measured serum TCO2 (C) remained substantially higher than the calculated blood gas TCO2 (B).