Question
Hamburger shift is also known as
bicarbonate shift
chloride shift
potassium shift
All of the above
Solution
B.
chloride shift
To maintain electrostatic neutrality of plasma, many chloride ions diffuse from plasma into RBCs and bicarbonate ions pass out. The chloride content of RBCs increases when oxygenated blood becomes deoxygenated. Hence, the phenomenon is known as Chloride shift or Hamburger shift.
