Hospitals are looking for anyway to cut costs while maintain

Hospitals are looking for anyway to cut costs while maintaining quality of care. One large expense is the delivery oxygen gas to patients, which increases tissues oxygenation levels in patients with impaired breathing function. A company is testing an injectable drug that they claim can increase the amount of oxygen to the tissues by binding to hemoglobin.

In the chart above, the solid line represents hemoglobin oxygen binding with NO drug treatment. Which curve above represents hemoglobin oxygen binding with drug treatment? Explain your choice

1.0 e 0.5 po In tissues po (kPa) po, in lungs 12 16 Hemoglobin (no drug)

Solution

Answer:- The lower dotted line in the gralh represents the hemoglobin oxygen binding with drug treatment.

Explanation :- Since the drug is used to deliver the increased amount of oxygen to the tissues by binding with hemoglobin. The drug doing it by quickly delivering the oxygen to tissue by lowering the affinity of oxygen to hemoglobin when it reaches the tissues.Thus drwing the curve towarda right just like bohr effect.