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Table 1 Reference values of pO2 measurements in different human tissues

From: Hypoxia and the phenomenon of immune exclusion

Human tissue

pO2 (mmHg)

References

Air

160

 

Arterial blood

75–100

[434,435,436]

Venous blood

30–40

[436, 437]

Brain

39 ± 9

[438,439,440,441,442]

Lung

42.8

[443]

Liver

55.5 ± 21.3

[444,445,446]

Kidney

72 ± 20

[447]

Muscle

29.2 ± 1.8

[448,449,450,451,452]

Skin epidermis

8 ± 3.2

[452, 453]

Small bowel

61.2

[452, 454, 455]

Large bowel

57.6

[452, 454, 455]

Bone marrow

51.8 ± 14.5

[456]

Ovaries

88

[457]

Cornea

30.6 ± 3.1

[458]

Femur Bone

34 ± 1.6

[459]

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Journal of Translational Medicine

ISSN: 1479-5876

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