Oxygen is an element displayed by the symbol O, and atomic number 8. It is an essential element for human survival. Decreased oxygen levels may be treated with medical oxygen therapy. Treatment with oxygen serves to increase blood oxygen levels and also exerts a secondary effect of decreasing blood flow resistance in the diseased lung, leading to decreased cardiovascular workload in an attempt to oxygenate the lungs. Oxygen therapy is used to treat emphysema, pneumonia, some heart disorders (congestive heart failure), some disorders that cause increased pulmonary artery pressure, and any disease that impairs the body's ability to take up and use gaseous oxygen. Higher level of oxygen than ambient air (hyperoxia) can be introduced under normobaric or hyperbaric conditions.
Synonyms
Oxygen
Molecular oxygen
Oxygen USP
Dioxygen
Oxigeno gaseoso
Pure oxygen
Brand Names
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen 5/95
Emergency Oxygen Supply 99.5%
Carbon Dioxide In Oxygen Mixture
Helium / Oxygen Mixture
Compressed Oxidizing
Oxygen Gas 99%
Hyperbaric Chamber Mix
Reconstituted Air
Carbogen
Medical Oxygen Compressed
Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid
COMPRESSED Gas, N.O.S.
Oxygen/Nitrogen 15/85
Oxygen USP, Helium USP, Medical Gas Mixture
Air, Compressed
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture 5/95
Co-HE-O2-N2 Mixture
Oxygen Compressed U.S.P
Oxygen Size B
Prairie Oxygen USP
Oxygen/Nitrogen 52/48
Oxygen In Helium Mix
Oxygen Helium Mixture
Oxygen Nitrogen Mixture
Helium Oxygen Mix
Carbon Dioxide USP, Oxygen USP Medical G.M.
Helium Oxygen Mix 80/20
Helium/Oxygen Mix
Gaseous Inh Mixture 20% Oxygen 80% Helium
Lung Diffusion Test Mix No Ne Co
Oxygen/Nitrogen 12/88
Focus Medical Oxygen
Oxygen/Nitrogen 30/70
Oxygen (family 1st Medical)
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Medical Air
Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Ez-OX
Carbon Dioxide 7.1% W Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Mix
Ez-OX Plus
Oxygen Helium Mixture 20/80
Oxygen 64889-0001
Oxygen Size C
Carbon Dioxide 23.1% W Oxygen
Oxygen/Nitrogen 50/50
Oxygene
Oxyfit Gas 99.5%
Oxygen, Refrigerated Liquid
Southern Medical Oxygen, Compressed
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture Gas
Oxygen Helium Mixture 40/60
Oxygen 99.0%
Nitrous Oxide In Oxygen
Oxygen W Nitrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen USP - Gas 100%
EZ-Ox
Oxygen/Nitrogen 40/60
Oxygen, Compressed Gas
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Mixture
Compressed
Oxygen Size H
Oxygen Compressed U.S.P.
Compressed, N.O.S.
Oxygen In Helium Mixture
40% Oxygen/Nitrogen Mix
Alnox Gas
COMPRESSED Gas OXIDIZING, N.O.S.
Oxygen U.S.P.
Lung Diffusion Test Mix Nohco
Oxygen/Nitrogen 75/25
G02 Therapy
Medical Oxygen
O2hundred
Air
Oxygen/Nitrogen 25/75
Helium-oxygen Mix Gas
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Tri-Med Medical
Oxygen Size E
Helium/Oxygen Mixture 70/30
Oxygen-Helium Mixture
Carbon Monox, Helium, Oxygen, Nitrogen L.D.M.
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture
Helium Oxygen Nitrogen mixture
Oxygen USP 99%
Oxygen/Nitrogen 21/79
Meopa
Oxygen, Compressed
Compressed Gas N.O.S.
Oxygen 99.95%
Oxygen/Nitrogen 26/74
Medical Air U.S.P.
Medical Air USP
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixtures
Air Compressed Medical Air
Heliox 70/30
Medical Air Compressed
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen
EZ-OX Plus
Oxygen, Compressed U.S.P.
reconstituted Air
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture
EZ-Ox Plus
Oxygen 100%
Compressed Oxygen
Helium/Oxygen Mixture 80/20
Oxygen Size D
Oxygen USP, Nitrogen Nf, Medical Gas Mixture
Oxygen Compressed UN 1072 Refrigerated UN 1073
NINA WATER (Rich anions)
Carbon Dioxide 1% W Oxygen
Oxygen Size 400
Oxygene - Gas Inh
Helium Oxygen Mix 70/30
Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid U.S.P
Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Helium, Oxygen
Oxygen USP
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Mixture, Compressed, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mix
Oxygen/Nitrogen 10/90
Helium-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Oxygen Size F
Madacylinder 99.5%
Oxygen 99% USP
Oxygen/Helium 40/60
Oxygen/Nitrogen 38/62
Co-NE-O2-N2 Mixture
Helium-oxygen Mixture
Oxygen/Helium 30/70
Helium Oxygen mixture
Oxygen
Oxygen, Refrigerated
Air Compressed
Liquid Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide-Air Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 5/95
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mix
Oxygen/Helium 50/50
Oxygen Size T
Helium Oxygen Mixture
Oxygen Helium Mixture 30/70
Oxygen Size M
Oxygen Compressed Gas
Helium Oxygen
Medical Gasseous Oxygen Cylinders
Oxygen/Helium 20/80
Compressed Gas, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Heliox
Liqui-med Analgesic Gas
Oxygen (compressed)
Oxygen-refrigerated Liquid
Oxygen/Helium 25/75
Oxygen/Nitrogen 9.7/90.3
Oxygen 4c21e554-d402-480d-896d-8185c05c7863
Nitrogen Oxygen Mix
Medical Oxygen 100%
Carbon Dioxide 12.1% W Oxygen
Oxygen Compressed
Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Indication
Oxygen therapy in clinical settings is used across diverse specialties, including various types of anoxia, hypoxia or dyspnea and any other disease states and conditions that reduce the efficiency of gas exchange and oxygen consumption such as respiratory illnesses, trauma, poisonings and drug overdoses. Oxygen therapy tries to achieve hyperoxia [L745] to reduce the extent of hypoxia-induced tissue damage and malfunction.
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison
T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682