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