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