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