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