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This specific combination has several pathophysiological implications, particularly on the cardiovascular system and oxygen transport (oxygen supply and oxygen consumption). To examine the effects on hemoglobin oxygen affinity, we investigated venous blood samples from 15 female and 15 male healthy subjects. In a factorial design of four different carbon dioxide partial pressure (PCO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) levels (20, 40, 60, and 80 mmHg) and five different temperature levels (13.7\u00b0C, 23\u00b0C, 30\u00b0C, 37\u00b0C, and 42\u00b0C), 30 unbuffered whole blood samples were analyzed in a newly developed <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> method for high-throughput oxygen dissociation curve (ODC) measurements. P50s, Hill coefficients, CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-Bohr coefficients, and temperature coefficients were analyzed using a linear mixed model (LMM). Mean P50 at baseline (37\u00b0C, 40 mmHg PCO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) was 27.1 \u00b1 2.6 mmHg. Both CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-Bohr (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and temperature coefficients (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) had a significant effect on P50. The absolute CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> effect was still pronounced at normothermic and febrile temperatures, whereas at low temperatures, the relative CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> effect (expressed by CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-Bohr coefficient; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001, interaction) was increased. The larger impact of PCO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> on oxygen affinity at low temperature may be caused by the competition of 2,3-BPG with PCO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and the exothermic binding characteristic of 2,3-BPG. In a model of an avalanche burial, based on published data of CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> levels and cooling rates, we calculated the resulting P50 for this specific condition based on the here-reported PCO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and temperature effect on ODC. 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