Free radicals. Formation, function and potential relevance in anaesthesia.

Abstract:

:Free radical species are ubiquitous in plant and animal life. This article describes briefly the formation of certain oxygen-centred free radicals which are essential for aerobic metabolism and host defences in humans. The mechanism of cytotoxicity of excess or inappropriate free radical production is described. The potential relevance of free radical tissue injury to the anaesthetist is illustrated using oxygen toxicity, adult respiratory distress syndrome and halothane hepatitis as examples.

journal_name

Anaesthesia

journal_title

Anaesthesia

authors

Royston D

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-04-01 00:00:00

pages

315-20

issue

4

eissn

0003-2409

issn

1365-2044

journal_volume

43

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