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
Pure oxygen
Oxigeno gaseoso
Oxygen USP
Molecular oxygen
Oxygen
Dioxygen
Brand Names
Helium/Oxygen Mix
Oxygen 64889-0001
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen 5/95
Air Compressed Medical Air
Oxyfit Gas 99.5%
Alnox Gas
Helium Oxygen
Oxygen Size H
Compressed, N.O.S.
Heliox
Helium Oxygen Mix 70/30
Oxygen Size D
Oxygen/Nitrogen 38/62
Compressed Gas N.O.S.
Oxygen, Refrigerated
Meopa
NINA WATER (Rich anions)
Oxygene - Gas Inh
Carbon Dioxide 23.1% W Oxygen
Oxygen Size 400
Ez-OX
Oxygen U.S.P.
Oxygen, Compressed
Oxygen, Refrigerated Liquid
Medical Air U.S.P.
Focus Medical Oxygen
Oxygen Compressed Gas
Oxygen USP 99%
Helium-oxygen Mix Gas
Oxygen Compressed U.S.P.
Carbon Dioxide 7.1% W Oxygen
COMPRESSED Gas, N.O.S.
Reconstituted Air
Medical Air USP
Helium, Oxygen
Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid
Oxygen (compressed)
Oxygen Size T
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mix
Carbon Dioxide-Air Mixture
Southern Medical Oxygen, Compressed
Oxygen Helium Mixture 20/80
Compressed Oxidizing
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixtures
Madacylinder 99.5%
EZ-Ox
Oxygen, Compressed U.S.P.
Helium Oxygen Mix
Oxygen Size E
Oxygen 100%
Lung Diffusion Test Mix Nohco
Air Compressed
Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Oxygen/Helium 40/60
Hyperbaric Chamber Mix
Oxygen (family 1st Medical)
Oxygen/Helium 50/50
40% Oxygen/Nitrogen Mix
EZ-Ox Plus
Oxygen/Nitrogen 21/79
Helium/Oxygen Mixture 70/30
Lung Diffusion Test Mix No Ne Co
Oxygen Compressed UN 1072 Refrigerated UN 1073
Emergency Oxygen Supply 99.5%
Oxygen Size C
Oxygen Gas 99%
Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Oxygen/Helium 25/75
Oxygen/Nitrogen 25/75
Oxygen Helium Mixture 30/70
Compressed
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Mixture
Oxygen USP, Helium USP, Medical Gas Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 75/25
Helium Oxygen Mix 80/20
Oxygen/Nitrogen 26/74
Oxygen/Nitrogen 52/48
Medical Oxygen Compressed
COMPRESSED Gas OXIDIZING, N.O.S.
Medical Oxygen 100%
Oxygen 99% USP
Medical Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide 1% W Oxygen
Oxygen
Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid U.S.P
Medical Gasseous Oxygen Cylinders
Oxygen-refrigerated Liquid
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture 5/95
Helium Oxygen Nitrogen mixture
Compressed Gas, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Oxygen USP
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen
Oxygen In Helium Mix
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide
Helium Oxygen mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 10/90
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Helium Oxygen Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 5/95
Oxygen 4c21e554-d402-480d-896d-8185c05c7863
Oxygen 99.0%
Oxygen/Helium 20/80
Heliox 70/30
Air, Compressed
O2hundred
Co-HE-O2-N2 Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 9.7/90.3
Oxygen, Compressed Gas
Oxygen In Helium Mixture
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Mixture, Compressed, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Nitrogen Oxygen Mix
Nitrous Oxide In Oxygen
Helium-oxygen Mixture
Carbogen
Helium/Oxygen Mixture 80/20
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture
Helium / Oxygen Mixture
Oxygen Helium Mixture 40/60
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Mix
Carbon Dioxide 12.1% W Oxygen
Liquid Oxygen
G02 Therapy
Oxygen USP, Nitrogen Nf, Medical Gas Mixture
Oxygen USP - Gas 100%
Liqui-med Analgesic Gas
Oxygene
Carbon Dioxide In Oxygen Mixture
Medical Air Compressed
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mix
Oxygen Helium Mixture
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Nitrogen
Carbon Monox, Helium, Oxygen, Nitrogen L.D.M.
Oxygen/Nitrogen 50/50
Gaseous Inh Mixture 20% Oxygen 80% Helium
Oxygen Size F
Compressed Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide USP, Oxygen USP Medical G.M.
Oxygen Size B
Oxygen W Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture
Tri-Med Medical
Oxygen/Nitrogen 15/85
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture Gas
reconstituted Air
Carbon Dioxide Mixture
EZ-OX Plus
Air
Oxygen Size M
Oxygen/Helium 30/70
Co-NE-O2-N2 Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 40/60
Prairie Oxygen USP
Oxygen Compressed
Oxygen Nitrogen Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 30/70
Oxygen Compressed U.S.P
Oxygen/Nitrogen 12/88
Oxygen 99.95%
Oxygen-Helium Mixture
Medical Air
Ez-OX Plus
Helium-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