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