Open AccessHypoxia
Author(s) -
M Stubbs
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
southern african journal of anaesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2220-1173
pISSN - 2220-1181
DOI - 10.36303/sajaa.2020.26.6.s3.2563
Subject(s) - oxidative phosphorylation , adenosine triphosphate , hypoxia (environmental) , electron acceptor , oxygen , respiration , cellular respiration , chemistry , biochemistry , pharmacology , mitochondrion , biology , anatomy , organic chemistry
Oxygen (O2) is the most commonly used drug in medicine and in anaesthesia. It is vital for all aerobic respiration in humans where it acts as the terminal electron acceptor during oxidative phosphorylation, resulting in the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This in turn supplies energy to all the body’s metabolic processes.