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