If drug X increases hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen, what effects would you see on tissue oxygenation?
a) Tissue oxygenation would increase because there would be an increase in the unloading of oxygen from hemoglobin.
b) Tissue oxygenation would increase because there would be a decrease in the unloading of oxygen from hemoglobin.
c) Tissue oxygenation would decrease because there would be a decrease in the unloading of oxygen from hemoglobin.
d) Tissue oxygenation would decrease because there would be an increase in the unloading of oxygen from hemoglobin.
Answer: c) Tissue oxygenation would decrease because there would be a decrease in the unloading of oxygen from hemoglobin.
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